governava
Portuguese, verb
governava is spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-A-V-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Governava is a Portuguese verb meaning “first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of governar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo governar”.
What does governava mean in English?
verb
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first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of governar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo governar
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.
How common is governava in Portuguese?
governava appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).