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sertanejos

sertanejos is the plural of sertanejo.

Meaning of sertanejo

Noun

sertanejo (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. A 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

Questions about sertanejos

What is sertanejos the plural of?
Sertanejos is the plural of sertanejo.

Words near sertanejos in the dictionary

  1. serrying
  2. sers
  3. SERT
  4. sertaconazole
  5. sertanejo
  6. sertanejos
  7. sertanista
  8. sertanistas
  9. Serthi
  10. sertindole
  11. Sertoli cell

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