baianada
Portuguese, noun/baj.aˈna.dɐ/
baianada is spelled B-A-I-A-N-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written Portuguese, the 266,412th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baianada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “collectively, people from the state of Bahia in Brazil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grupo de baianos”.
What does baianada mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfeminineoffensivecollectively, people from the state of Bahia in Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grupo de baianos 2. fanfarrice 3. impostura; erro no uso de regras ou costumes 4. ação desleal; patifaria
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 do you pronounce baianada?
- Brazil /baj.aˈna.dɐ/
- Brazil [baɪ̯.aˈna.dɐ]
- Portugal /baj.ɐˈna.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is baianada in Portuguese?
baianada appears about once in every 98 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).