atafona
Portuguese, noun/a.taˈfõ.nɐ/
atafona is spelled A-T-A-F-O-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 139,586th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atafona is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “watermill with a vertical water wheel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “moinho de grãos movido a braços ou a animal”.
What does atafona mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewatermill with a vertical water wheel
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. moinho de grãos movido a braços ou a 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 atafona
- atafonas plural
- tafona alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atafona?
- Brazil /a.taˈfõ.nɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.tɐˈfo.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is atafona in Portuguese?
atafona appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).