ema
Portuguese, noun/ˈẽ.mɐ/
ema is spelled E-M-A (3 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,653rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ema is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rhea bird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande ave parecida com o avestruz”.
What does ema mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerhea bird
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande ave parecida com o avestruz
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 ema
- emas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ema?
- Brazil /ˈẽ.mɐ/
- Portugal /ˈe.mɐ/
- Brazil /ˈe.ma/ (Região Sul)
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ema
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ema in Portuguese?
ema appears 2.5 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).