balsa
Portuguese, noun/ˈbaw.sɐ/
balsa is spelled B-A-L-S-A (5 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,080th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balsa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “raft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “depósito de água que se forma naturalmente ao inundar-se uma depressão”.
What does balsa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineraft
- 2
feminineferry
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. depósito de água que se forma naturalmente ao inundar-se uma depressão 2. depósito de água criado artificialmente num terreno 3. árvore americana da família das borragináceas, com diversas variedades; caracteriza-se por ter uma madeira branca, macia e muito ligeira, que flutua na água, e é utilizada em aeromodelismo 4. madeira desta árvore
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 balsa
- balsas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balsa?
- Brazil /ˈbaw.sɐ/
- Brazil [ˈbaʊ̯.sɐ]
- Portugal /ˈbal.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to balsa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is balsa in Portuguese?
balsa appears 2.6 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).