manhã
Portuguese, noun
manhã is spelled M-A-N-H-Ã (5 letters) and appears 219 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 425th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manhã is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “morning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its tilde, manha is a different word: “act (a display of behaviour meant to deceive)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “período do dia entre o nascer-do-sol e o meio-dia”.
What does manhã mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemorning
noun
- 1
feminineact (a display of behaviour meant to deceive)
- 2
feminineartfulness, slyness
- 3
femininecunning, stratagem
- 4
femininecustom, habit
- 5
femininedexterity, handiness, skill
- 6
Brazilfeminineinformaltantrum (of kids)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. período do dia entre o nascer-do-sol e o meio-dia
noun: 1. habilidade, destreza 2. astúcia 3. choramingo
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 manhã
- manhãs plural
- menhã alternative dialectal
- manham alternative dialectal
- menham alternative dialectal
- manhõu alternative
- manhõ alternative
- manhom alternative
- manhão alternative
- manhê alternative
- manhẽ alternative
- manhẽm alternative
- minhãe alternative Southern
- manhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to manhã
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manhã in Portuguese?
manhã appears 219 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).