era
Portuguese, noun/ˈɛ.ɾɐ/
era is spelled E-R-A (3 letters) and appears 1,259 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 75th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Era is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “era (time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “época, período”.
What does era mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineera (time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year)
- 2
feminineage (period of human prehistory)
- 3
feminineera (unit of time, smaller than aeons and greater than periods)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ser
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. época, período 2. parte de um éon, que é subdividida em períodos:
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 era
- eras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce era?
- Brazil /ˈɛ.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /ˈɛ.ɾɐ/
- /ˈɛ.ɾə/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to era
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is era in Portuguese?
era appears 1,259 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).