sertanejo

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noun

In Brazil, someone from the countryside; a backlander.

OriginPortuguese sertanejo →
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Meanings

nounsertanejo (plural sertanejos)

plural sertanejos

  1. In Brazil, someone from the countryside; a backlander.

    Life in the open air had made him as tanned and weather-beaten as a sertanejo.

    1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 239
  2. entertainmentA type of Brazilian folk music.

    I hate sertanejo music. This has something to do with when I was a teenager and my dad liked sertanejo while I wanted to be totally different.

    2010, Felipe Trotta, Annoying Music in Everyday Life

Origin

  1. Portuguesesertanejo
  2. Englishsertanejo

From Portuguese sertanejo.

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APA

sertanejo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sertanejo

MLA

“sertanejo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sertanejo. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sertanejo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sertanejo.

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