amainado
The verdict
“amainado” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - acalmado; que se tornou calmo, tranquilo, sereno
Corpus desk
Index PT-amainado · amainado · Portuguese
amainado · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amainado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “amainado” em português
Rare enough to double-check
amainado is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for amainado, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is amainado, spelled A-M-A-I-N-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1acalmado; que se tornou calmo, tranquilo, sereno
- 2sem agitações
- 3diz-se da embarcação cujas velas estão colhidas ou arreadas
- 4que se conseguiu amainar, afrouxar ou acalmar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amainado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ânimos amainados pelo aumento de salário.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.