APA
Portuguese, noun/ˈa.pɐ/
APA is spelled A-P-A (3 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,227th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). APA is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “initialism of área de proteção ambiental (“environmental protection area”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bolo achatado e de formato circular, originário da Ásia, feito com azeite de coco e farinha de arroz”.
What does APA mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineinitialism of área de proteção ambiental (“environmental protection area”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. área de proteção ambiental 2. Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente 3. Associação para Proteção aos Animais
noun: 1. bolo achatado e de formato circular, originário da Ásia, feito com azeite de coco e farinha de arroz 2. pão
noun: 1. árvore leguminosa-cesalpiniácea, de boa madeira para carpintaria e marcenaria, também denominada (Eterua falcata) 2. espécie de peneira 3. pá, espádua, omoplata da rês e, por extensão, de qualquer outro animal
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 APA
- APAs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce APA?
- Brazil /ˈa.pɐ/
- Brazil /"a.p6/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is APA in Portuguese?
APA appears 1.9 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).