clave
Portuguese, noun/ˈkla.vi/
clave is spelled C-L-A-V-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,839th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clave is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “clef (symbol)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “notação ou símbolo colocado no início da pauta musical para se determinar quais são as notas e sua respectiva…”.
What does clave mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclef (symbol)
- 2
femininejuggling club
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. notação ou símbolo colocado no início da pauta musical para se determinar quais são as notas e sua respectiva altura
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 clave
- claves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clave?
- Brazil /ˈkla.vi/
- Portugal /ˈkla.vɨ/
- Portugal /ˈkla.bɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clave in Portuguese?
clave appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).