leguminosa
Portuguese, noun/le.ɡu.miˈnɔ.zɐ/
leguminosa is spelled L-E-G-U-M-I-N-O-S-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,082nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leguminosa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “legume (member of Leguminosae family, such as peas or beans)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of leguminoso. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécime das leguminosas”.
What does leguminosa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelegume (member of Leguminosae family, such as peas or beans)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of leguminoso
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécime das leguminosas
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 leguminosa
- leguminosas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leguminosa?
- Brazil /le.ɡu.miˈnɔ.zɐ/
- Portugal /lɨ.ɡu.miˈnɔ.zɐ/
- Portugal [lɨ.ɣu.miˈnɔ.zɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to leguminosa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leguminosa in Portuguese?
leguminosa appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).