memória
Portuguese, noun
memória is spelled M-E-M-Ó-R-I-A (7 letters) and appears 78 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,242nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Memória is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “memory (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, memoria is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “faculdade de conservar e reproduzir as ideias, imagens ou conhecimentos anteriormente adquiridos”.
What does memória mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininememory (all senses)
memória de passarinho
- 2
femininememoir, dissertation
Memória sobre o Estabelecimento de Macau
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of memória
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. faculdade de conservar e reproduzir as ideias, imagens ou conhecimentos anteriormente adquiridos 2. a lembrança de qualquer coisa ou alguém 3. reminiscência 4. recordação
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 memória
- memorias plural
- memórias plural
- memoria alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to memória
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is memória in Portuguese?
memória 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).