xevá
Portuguese, noun/ʃeˈva/
xevá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of schwa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “som vocálico médio-central neutro, no centro da tabela de vogais, geralmente átono e não-tonal usado em…”.
What does xevá mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of schwa
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. som vocálico médio-central neutro, no centro da tabela de vogais, geralmente átono e não-tonal usado em certas línguas, representado no Alfabeto Fonético Internacional pelo símbolo do "e" invertido. ocorre no português de Portugal, é, por exemplo, o som do "e" na pronúncia lusitana de "cabe" ou "semana"
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 xevá
- xevás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xevá?
- Brazil /ʃeˈva/
- Portugal /ʃɨˈva/
- Portugal /ʃɨˈba/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to xevá
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.