menta
Portuguese, noun/ˈmẽ.tɐ/
menta is spelled M-E-N-T-A (5 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mint (any plant of the family Lamiaceae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gênero de plantas lamiáceas odoríferas a que pertence a hortelã”.
What does menta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemint (any plant of the family Lamiaceae)
- 2
feminineParticularly, peppermint (Mentha × piperita)
- 3
femininemint (flavouring extracted from the mint plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gênero de plantas lamiáceas odoríferas a que pertence a hortelã 2. nome científico comum a várias espécies de hortelã
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 menta
- mentas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menta?
- Brazil /ˈmẽ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈmẽ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to menta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is menta in Portuguese?
menta appears 1.5 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).