almenara
Portuguese, noun/aw.meˈna.ɾɐ/
almenara is spelled A-L-M-E-N-A-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 87,166th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Almenara is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “torch or bonfire lit at the top of a tower or high point to transmit signals visible from a distance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “farol ou fogueira colocada nas torres dos castelos, para sinalizar ao longe”.
What does almenara mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetorch or bonfire lit at the top of a tower or high point to transmit signals visible from a distance
- 2
femininebeacon (signal fire)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. farol ou fogueira colocada nas torres dos castelos, para sinalizar ao longe.
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais
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 almenara
- almenaras plural
- al.me.na.ra canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce almenara?
- Brazil /aw.meˈna.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.meˈna.ɾɐ]
- Portugal /al.mɨˈna.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to almenara
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is almenara in Portuguese?
almenara appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).