agave
Portuguese, noun/aˈɡa.vi/
agave is spelled A-G-A-V-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agave is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “agave (plant of the genus Agave)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta da família das Amarilidáceas, oriunda do México”.
What does agave mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineagave (plant of the genus Agave)
- 2
feminineAmerican aloe (Agave americana)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta da família das Amarilidáceas, oriunda do México
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 agave
- agaves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agave?
- Brazil /aˈɡa.vi/
- Portugal /ɐˈɡa.vɨ/
- Portugal [ɐˈɣa.vɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to agave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is agave in Portuguese?
agave appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).