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coluna

Portuguese, noun/koˈlũ.nɐ/

coluna is spelled C-O-L-U-N-A (6 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,772nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coluna is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “column (a vertical line of entries in a table)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of colunar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pilar cilíndrico em construções”.

What does coluna mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecolumn (a vertical line of entries in a table)

  2. 2

    femininecolumn; pillar

  3. 3

    femininespine; backbone

  4. 4

    femininea military column (a long body of troops)

  5. 5

    femininea text column (body of text meant to be read line by line)

  6. 6

    femininea periodical's column (a recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece)

  7. 7

    feminineloudspeaker (electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound)

  8. 8

    femininefile

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 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. pilar cilíndrico em construções 2. conjunto de ossos que formam a base de sustentação do corpo 3. cada um dos grupos de texto numa página 4. grupo de pessoas ou animais dispostos ordenadamente

noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais

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 coluna

  • colunas plural
  • columna alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce coluna?

  • Brazil /koˈlũ.nɐ/
  • Portugal /kuˈlu.nɐ/
  • Portugal /ku.ˈlu.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 coluna

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is coluna in Portuguese?

coluna appears 32 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).

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