caverna
Portuguese, noun/kaˈvɛʁ.nɐ/
caverna is spelled C-A-V-E-R-N-A (7 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,745th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caverna is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cavernar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cavidade subterrânea”.
What does caverna mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecave
- 2
femininerib (part of a ship’s framework)
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. cavidade subterrânea 2. gruta, covil 3. cada uma das traves verticais, que a jeito de costelas, formam e dão força ao costado do navio
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 caverna
- cavernas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caverna?
- Brazil /kaˈvɛʁ.nɐ/
- Brazil [kaˈvɛɦ.nɐ]
- /kaˈvɛɾ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caverna
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caverna in Portuguese?
caverna appears 9.3 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).