maisena
Portuguese, noun/majˈzẽ.nɐ/
maisena is spelled M-A-I-S-E-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,814th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maisena is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cornstarch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “farinha de amido de milho que se usa em mingaus, biscoitos, pudins, cremes e outros preparados”.
What does maisena mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecornstarch
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. farinha de amido de milho que se usa em mingaus, biscoitos, pudins, cremes e outros preparados
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 maisena
- maizena alternative proscribed
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maisena?
- Brazil /majˈzẽ.nɐ/
- Brazil [maɪ̯ˈzẽ.nɐ]
- Portugal /majˈze.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 maisena
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maisena in Portuguese?
maisena appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).