ava
Portuguese, interjection
ava is spelled A-V-A (3 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ava is a Portuguese interjection meaning “alternative form of ah, vá” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, avá is a different word: “alternative form of ah, vá”.
What does ava mean in English?
interjection
- 1
alternative form of ah, vá
suffix
- 1
a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
- 2
a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
interjection
- 1
alternative form of ah, vá
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. ambiente virtual de aprendizagem
suffix: 1. indicador de primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo dos verbos terminados em -ar (primeira conjugação) 2. indicador de terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo dos verbos terminados em -ar (primeira conjugação)
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.
How common is ava in Portuguese?
ava appears 5.2 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).