amazona
Portuguese, noun/a.maˈzõ.nɐ/
amazona is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Amazon (mythological female warrior)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mulher que anda a cavalo”.
What does amazona mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineAmazon (mythological female warrior)
- 2
femininehorsewoman
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mulher que anda a cavalo 2. mulher de coragem viril, aguerrida 3. vestido de saia longa, próprio para montar 4. integrante duma antiga nação de guerreiras da mitologia grega
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 amazona
- amazonas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amazona?
- Brazil /a.maˈzõ.nɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.mɐˈzo.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amazona
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amazona in Portuguese?
amazona appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).