caneta
Portuguese, noun/kaˈne.tɐ/
caneta is spelled C-A-N-E-T-A (6 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caneta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pen (writing tool)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento de escrita que usa tinta em um tubo”.
What does caneta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepen (writing tool)
Coordinate term: lápis
- 2
Portugalcolloquialfeminineleg (lower limb)
Já não me aguento das canetas.
- 3
Brazilfemininenutmeg (action of playing the ball between the legs of an opponent)
Ela deu uma caneta na zagueira e arrematou no gol.
- 4
femininedevil
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento de escrita que usa tinta em um tubo 2. o ato de conduzir a bola de forma que venha a passar entre as pernas de um jogador adversário recuperando a posse após essa passagem sem que nenhum outro jogador tenha a tocado 3. perna 4. instrumento para injetar insulina
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 caneta
- canetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caneta?
- Brazil /kaˈne.tɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈne.tɐ/
- Portugal /kɐ.ˈne.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caneta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caneta in Portuguese?
caneta appears 12 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).