hena
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁẽ.nɐ/
hena is spelled H-E-N-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hena is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “henna (Lawsonia inermis, a shrub)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does hena mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehenna (Lawsonia inermis, a shrub)
- 2
femininehenna (dye made from the leaves of the henna shrub)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of hena
- henas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hena?
- Brazil /ˈʁẽ.nɐ/
- Brazil [ˈhẽ.nɐ]
- /ˈʁẽ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hena
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hena in Portuguese?
hena appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).