carenagem
Portuguese, noun/ka.ɾeˈna.ʒẽj̃/
carenagem is spelled C-A-R-E-N-A-G-E-M (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carenagem is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “careening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de carenar”.
What does carenagem mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecareening
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de carenar 2. carcaça que cobre a estrutura de automóveis em geral (inclui-se aeronaves, lanchas e hidronaves)
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 carenagem
- carenagens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carenagem?
- Brazil /ka.ɾeˈna.ʒẽj̃/
- Brazil [ka.ɾeˈna.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
- Portugal /kɐ.ɾɨˈna.ʒɐ̃j̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is carenagem in Portuguese?
carenagem appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).