amainar
Portuguese, verb/a.majˈna(ʁ)/
amainar is spelled A-M-A-I-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 148,558th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amainar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to abate (to lessen in force)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abrandar”.
What does amainar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to abate (to lessen in force)
- 2
to calm down (to become less excited, intense, or angry)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. abrandar 2. calmar, especialmente os ventos ou os temporais, sossegar, tranquilizar 3. recolher as velas
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 amainar
- amaino first-person present singular
- amainei first-person preterite singular
- amainado participle past
- amainares infinitive second-person singular
- amainarmos first-person infinitive plural
- amainardes infinitive plural second-person
- amainarem infinitive plural third-person
- amainando gerund
- amainados masculine participle past
- amainada feminine participle past
- amainadas feminine participle past
- amainas indicative present second-person
- amaina indicative present singular
- amainamos first-person indicative plural
- amainais indicative plural present
- amainam indicative plural present
- amainava first-person imperfect indicative
- amainavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amainar?
- Brazil /a.majˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.maɪ̯ˈna(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is amainar in Portuguese?
amainar appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).