água-viva
Portuguese, noun/ˌa.ɡwɐˈvi.vɐ/
água-viva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “jellyfish (free-swimming, umbrella-shaped cnidarian)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma de vida livre dos animais marinhos do filo Cnidaria”.
What does água-viva mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininejellyfish (free-swimming, umbrella-shaped cnidarian)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. forma de vida livre dos animais marinhos do filo Cnidaria 2. maré causada nas luas nova e cheia, quando as marés lunares e solares reforçam uma a outra, produzindo marés com maior amplitude 3. água que brota de uma fonte ou nascente e corre em grande quantidade
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 água-viva
- águas-vivas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce água-viva?
- Brazil /ˌa.ɡwɐˈvi.vɐ/
- Portugal /ˌa.ɡwɐˈvi.vɐ/
- Portugal [ˌa.ɣwɐˈvi.vɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to água-viva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.