alga
Portuguese, noun/ˈaw.ɡɐ/
alga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms similar to plants or bacteria)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum a vários grupos de seres vivos aquáticos, autotróficos, desprovidos de raízes e caule”.
What does alga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms similar to plants or bacteria)
- 2
feminineseaweed (any marine plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome comum a vários grupos de seres vivos aquáticos, autotróficos, desprovidos de raízes e caule
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 alga
- algas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alga?
- Brazil /ˈaw.ɡɐ/
- Brazil [ˈaʊ̯.ɡɐ]
- Portugal /ˈal.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alga in Portuguese?
alga appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).