crista
Portuguese, noun
crista is spelled C-R-I-S-T-A (6 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,212th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “crest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, cristã is a different word: “female equivalent of cristão”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “carnosidade vermelha na cabeça de galináceos”.
What does crista mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecrest
- 2
feminineridge
- 3
femininemohawk (hairstyle)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cristão
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of cristão
- 2
femininefemale equivalent of cristam
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. carnosidade vermelha na cabeça de galináceos 2. elevação rochosa estreita formada pela proximidade de dois ou mais circos (glaciais)
noun: 1. prenome feminino
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 crista
- cristas plural
- cristãs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to crista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crista in Portuguese?
crista appears 20 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).