arame
Portuguese, noun/aˈɾɐ̃.mi/
arame is spelled A-R-A-M-E (5 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,397th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arame is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “wire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of aramar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “liga utilizada na perfilação de fios metálicos, geralmente de bronze ou aço”.
What does arame mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewire
- 2
archaicmasculinealloy of copper, usually bronze or brass
- 3
masculinetableware
- 4
colloquialmasculinemoney
- 5
masculinetightrope
- 6
masculinebalance pole (balancing tool for tightrope walking)
- 7
Brazilcolloquialmasculinestraight razor
- 8
Brazilcolloquialmasculinefrizzy hair
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. liga utilizada na perfilação de fios metálicos, geralmente de bronze ou aço 2. fio metálico resultante da perfilação de um metal 3. dinheiro
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do subjuntivo do verbo aramar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo aramar 3. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo aramar
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Maranhão
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 arame
- arames plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arame?
- Brazil /aˈɾɐ̃.mi/
- Portugal /ɐˈɾɐ.mɨ/
- Portugal /ɐˈɾa.mɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arame
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arame in Portuguese?
arame appears 4.9 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).