calinada
Portuguese, noun/ka.liˈna.dɐ/
calinada is spelled C-A-L-I-N-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese, the 239,085th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calinada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “blunder, stupidity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou dito próprio de calino”.
What does calinada mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineblunder, stupidity
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou dito próprio de calino
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 calinada
- calinadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calinada?
- Brazil /ka.liˈna.dɐ/
- Portugal /kɐ.liˈna.dɐ/
- Portugal [kɐ.liˈna.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is calinada in Portuguese?
calinada appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).