aná
Portuguese, noun
aná is spelled A-N-Á (3 letters) and appears 83 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,168th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aná is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “anna (unit of currency in British India)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, anã is a different word: “female equivalent of anão”.
What does aná mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanna (unit of currency in British India)
noun
- 1
in equal measure
prefix
- 1
ana- (up; upwards)
suffix
- 1
femininefeminine singular of -ano
- 2
femininefemale equivalent of -ano
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of anão
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prenome feminino
noun: 1. estrela anã, por redução 2. espécie de bananeira
adjective: 1. feminino singular de anão
noun: 1. feminino singular de anão
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 aná
- anás plural
- ã abbreviation
- â abbreviation
- aã abbreviation
- ãa abbreviation
- ãã abbreviation
- anãs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to aná
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aná in Portuguese?
aná appears 83 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).