amêijoa
Portuguese, noun/aˈme(j).ʒwɐ/
amêijoa is spelled A-M-Ê-I-J-O-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amêijoa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “clam (bivalve mollusk)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “Designação de vários moluscos lamelibrânquios sendo alguns apreciados em culinária”.
What does amêijoa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclam (bivalve mollusk)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Designação de vários moluscos lamelibrânquios sendo alguns apreciados em culinária
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 amêijoa
- amêijoas plural
- améixoa alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amêijoa?
- Brazil /aˈme(j).ʒwɐ/
- Brazil [aˈme(ɪ̯).ʒwɐ]
- Portugal /ɐˈmɐj.ʒwɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amêijoa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amêijoa in Portuguese?
amêijoa appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).