crava
Portuguese, verb/ˈkɾa.vɐ/
crava is spelled C-R-A-V-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 65,361st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crava is a Portuguese verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does crava mean in English?
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
adjective: 1. pessoa que costuma pedir dinheiro, cigarros, favores, etc., sem intenção de retribuir, que tem o hábito de cravar
noun: 1. pião de grande tamanho
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.
How do you pronounce crava?
- Brazil /ˈkɾa.vɐ/
- Portugal /ˈkɾa.vɐ/
- Portugal /ˈkɾa.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is crava in Portuguese?
crava 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).