longa
Portuguese, noun/ˈlõ.ɡɐ/
longa is spelled L-O-N-G-A (5 letters) and appears 78 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,242nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Longa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “long syllable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of longo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “filme de longa-metragem”.
What does longa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelong syllable
- 2
femininelong (a note formerly used in music, twice the length of a breve)
noun
- 1
BrazilPortugalfemininemasculineclipping of longa-metragem
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of longo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. filme de longa-metragem
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 longa
- longas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce longa?
- Brazil /ˈlõ.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /ˈlõ.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is longa in Portuguese?
longa appears 78 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).