argonauta
Portuguese, noun
argonauta is spelled A-R-G-O-N-A-U-T-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Argonauta is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Argonaut (a member of the Argo who searched for the Golden Fleece)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Argonauta is a different word: “argonaute (any of a group of proteins responsible for RNA…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tripulante lendário da nau Argo, na qual, segundo a lenda, os argonautas foram à conquista do Velo de Ouro”.
What does argonauta mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineArgonaut (a member of the Argo who searched for the Golden Fleece)
- 2
masculineargonaut (a pelagic octopus of the genus Argonauta)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineargonaut (an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineargonaute (any of a group of proteins responsible for RNA interference)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tripulante lendário da nau Argo, na qual, segundo a lenda, os argonautas foram à conquista do Velo de Ouro. 2. navegante ousado 3. molusco dos mares quentes, da classe dos cefalópodes, cuja fêmea fabrica um casulo branco calcário para abrigar a postura
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 argonauta
- argonautas plural
- Argonautas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to argonauta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is argonauta in Portuguese?
argonauta appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).