governanta
Portuguese, noun/ɡo.veʁˈnɐ̃.tɐ/
governanta is spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-A-N-T-A (10 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Governanta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “housekeeper (head of the female staff of a large home)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquela que administra a casa de uma outra pessoa”.
What does governanta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehousekeeper (head of the female staff of a large home)
- 2
femininegoverness (woman paid to educate children in their own home)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquela que administra a casa de uma outra pessoa 2. aquela a quem se confia a educação de uma ou de várias crianças
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 governanta
- governantas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce governanta?
- Brazil /ɡo.veʁˈnɐ̃.tɐ/
- Brazil [ɡo.veɦˈnɐ̃.tɐ]
- /ɡo.veɾˈnɐ̃.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to governanta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is governanta in Portuguese?
governanta appears 1.3 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).