mana
Portuguese, noun
mana is spelled M-A-N-A (4 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mana is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mana (form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of mano: sister. With an accent, maná is a different word: “manna (food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in…”.
What does mana mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemana (form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion)
- 2
femininemasculinemana (magical power)
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininefemale equivalent of mano: sister
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
masculinemanna (food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus)
suffix
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of -mano
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. no caminho do deserto, alimento que a divindade deixou cair do céu
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 mana
- manás plural
- manas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mana in Portuguese?
mana appears 4.2 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).