xeretar
Portuguese, verb/ˌʃɛˌɾɛˈta(ʁ)/
xeretar is spelled X-E-R-E-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 109,086th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Xeretar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to pry (to look where one is not welcome; to be nosey)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bisbilhotar”.
What does xeretar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto pry (to look where one is not welcome; to be nosey)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bisbilhotar
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 xeretar
- xereto first-person present singular
- xeretei first-person preterite singular
- xeretado participle past
- xeretares infinitive second-person singular
- xeretarmos first-person infinitive plural
- xeretardes infinitive plural second-person
- xeretarem infinitive plural third-person
- xeretando gerund
- xeretados masculine participle past
- xeretada feminine participle past
- xeretadas feminine participle past
- xeretas indicative present second-person
- xereta indicative present singular
- xeretamos first-person indicative plural
- xeretais indicative plural present
- xeretam indicative plural present
- xeretava first-person imperfect indicative
- xeretavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xeretar?
- Brazil /ˌʃɛˌɾɛˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ˌʃɛˌɾɛˈta(h)]
- /ˌʃɛˌɾɛˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to xeretar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is xeretar in Portuguese?
xeretar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).