xávega
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃa.ve.ɡɐ/
xávega is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a form of artisanal fishing which involves setting nets in the sea and then trawling them using animals or machines in land” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does xávega mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea form of artisanal fishing which involves setting nets in the sea and then trawling them using animals or machines in land.
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinerelated to that type of fishing
arte xávega
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of xávega
- xávegas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xávega?
- Brazil /ˈʃa.ve.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /ˈʃa.vɨ.ɡɐ/
- Portugal [ˈʃa.vɨ.ɣɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is xávega in Portuguese?
xávega appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).