xerez
Portuguese, noun/ʃeˈɾe(j)s/
xerez is spelled X-E-R-E-Z (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,864th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Xerez is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sherry (type of fortified wine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de uva preta”.
What does xerez mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesherry (type of fortified wine)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de uva preta 2. certo vinho típico da Andaluzia
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 xerez
- xerezes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xerez?
- Brazil /ʃeˈɾe(j)s/
- Brazil [ʃeˈɾe(ɪ̯)s]
- Portugal /ʃɨ.ˈɾeʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to xerez
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is xerez in Portuguese?
xerez appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).