amarra
Portuguese, noun
amarra is spelled A-M-A-R-R-A (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,237th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amarra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mooring (act of securing a vessel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of amarrar. With an accent, amarrá is a different word: “apocopic form of amarrar; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “corda”.
What does amarra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemooring (act of securing a vessel)
- 2
femininehawser (mooring rope)
- 3
femininesupport, protection
- 4
feminineties, bonds
- 5
femininerestraints
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
apocopic form of amarrar; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. corda 2. proteção
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 amarra
- amarras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to amarra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amarra in Portuguese?
amarra appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).