anta
Portuguese, noun/ˈɐ̃.tɐ/
anta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “anta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “construção pré-histórica formada por pedras grandes; dólmen”.
What does anta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanta
- 2
femininedolmen (prehistoric megalithic tomb)
noun
- 1
femininetapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculinea stupid person
Você é uma anta!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. construção pré-histórica formada por pedras grandes; dólmen 2. quadrúpede ruminante da América e da Ásia tropical do gênero Tapirus 3. pessoa de pouca inteligência 4. denominação dada em 1929 a uma corrente literária do modernismo brasileiro
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 anta
- antas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anta?
- Brazil /ˈɐ̃.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈɐ̃.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anta in Portuguese?
anta appears 2.4 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).