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comuna

Portuguese, noun/koˈmũ.nɐ/

comuna is spelled C-O-M-U-N-A (6 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,972nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comuna is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “commune (municipality-level subdivision in some countries)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “na Idade Média, cidade que conseguia a independência de um feudo”.

What does comuna mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecommune (municipality-level subdivision in some countries)

  2. 2

    femininecommune (small rural community whose members share ownership of property)

  3. 3

    femininea group of people who share an ideology and work together

noun

  1. 1

    derogatoryfemininemasculinecommie; red

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. na Idade Média, cidade que conseguia a independência de um feudo 2. subdivisão territorial em França e Luxemburgo (aproximadamente um concelho em Portugal) 3. poder revolucionário instalado em Paris (em 1792 e, depois, durante a ocupação prussiana) 4. grupo de pessoas que moram comunalmente compartilhando bens e trabalhos

noun: 1. comunista

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 comuna

  • comunas plural
  • communa alternative

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

How do you pronounce comuna?

  • Brazil /koˈmũ.nɐ/
  • Portugal /kuˈmu.nɐ/
  • Portugal /ku.ˈmu.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 comuna

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

How common is comuna in Portuguese?

comuna appears 6.6 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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