carena
Portuguese, noun/kaˈɾẽ.nɐ/
carena is spelled C-A-R-E-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese, the 232,157th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carena is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bottom (parts of a vessel that is always underwater)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of carenar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça de madeira que se estende da popa até à proa na parte inferior dos navios”.
What does carena mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebottom (parts of a vessel that is always underwater)
- 2
colloquialfeminineteasing
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça de madeira que se estende da popa até à proa na parte inferior dos navios 2. navio
noun: 1. constelação austral, que tem forma de carena
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 carena
- carenas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carena?
- Brazil /kaˈɾẽ.nɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈɾe.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is carena in Portuguese?
carena appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).