badana
/bɐ.ˈdɐ.nɐ/
The verdict
“badana” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ovelha velha, magra e estéril
Corpus desk
Index PT-badana · badana · Portuguese
badana · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | badana |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bɐ.ˈdɐ.nɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “badana” em português
Rare enough to double-check
badana is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /bɐ.ˈdɐ.nɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for badana in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is badana, spelled B-A-D-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1ovelha velha, magra e estéril
- 2carne de ovelha velha
- 3pele macia e lavrada que se põe por cima do coxonilho
- 4pele pendente por efeito da magreza
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.