gávea
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡa.vjɐ/
gávea is spelled G-Á-V-E-A (5 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gávea is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “top (top of a ship's mast)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte superior do mastro, geralmente contendo o cesto”.
What does gávea mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetop (top of a ship's mast)
- 2
femininetopsail (sail above the course sail)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte superior do mastro, geralmente contendo o cesto
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 gávea
- gáveas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gávea?
- Portugal /ˈɡa.vjɐ/
- Portugal /ˈɡa.bjɐ/
- Portugal [ˈɡa.βjɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gávea in Portuguese?
gávea appears 2.3 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).