enseada
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.seˈa.dɐ/
enseada is spelled E-N-S-E-A-D-A (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,577th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enseada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cove (a small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “reentrância da costa bem aberta em direção ao mar, com uma pequena penetração dele”.
What does enseada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecove (a small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. reentrância da costa bem aberta em direção ao mar, com uma pequena penetração dele
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 enseada
- enseadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enseada?
- Brazil /ẽ.seˈa.dɐ/
- Brazil /ĩ.seˈa.dɐ/
- Brazil /ẽ.siˈa.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enseada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enseada in Portuguese?
enseada appears 1.6 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).