ata
Portuguese, noun
ata is spelled A-T-A (3 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,736th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ata is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “minute (record of meeting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of atar. With an accent, atá is a different word: “only used in ao atá (“aimlessly”)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “registro escrito do que se passou em uma reunião”.
What does ata mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineminute (record of meeting)
noun
- 1
femininesugar apple (Annona squamosa)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
masculineonly used in ao atá (“aimlessly”)
interjection
- 1
Brazilinformalunderstood
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. registro escrito do que se passou em uma reunião 2. fruta obtida da ateira 3. planta que gera a ata² (Annona coriacea) 4. gênero (Atta) de insetos himenópteros formicídeos
abbreviation: 1. adaptador de telefone analógico
adverb: 1. até
preposition: 1. até
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 ata
- atas plural
- acta alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ata
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ata in Portuguese?
ata appears 7.9 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).