xereta
Portuguese, noun/ʃeˈɾe.tɐ/
xereta is spelled X-E-R-E-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 97,539th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Xereta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nosey person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of xeretar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bisbilhoteiro; intrometido”.
What does xereta mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialfemininemasculinenosey person
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bisbilhoteiro; intrometido 2. bajulador, adulador
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of xereta
- xeretas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xereta?
- Brazil /ʃeˈɾe.tɐ/
- Brazil /ʃeˈɾɛ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is xereta in Portuguese?
xereta appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).