fona
Portuguese, noun/ˈfõ.nɐ/
fona is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “spark (small particle of glowing matter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of fonar.
What does fona mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespark (small particle of glowing matter)
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).
Forms of fona
- fonas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fona?
- Brazil /ˈfõ.nɐ/
- Portugal /ˈfo.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fona in Portuguese?
fona appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).