mesa
Portuguese, noun/ˈme.zɐ/
mesa is spelled M-E-S-A (4 letters) and appears 71 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,363rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mesa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “table (item of furniture)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “móvel usado como superfície para se alimentar, conversar, estudar; távola”.
What does mesa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetable (item of furniture)
José, põe a mesa, por favor.
- 2
femininemeal, food
Portugal tem boa mesa e bom vinho.
- 3
femininemesa
- 4
feminineboard (committee)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. móvel usado como superfície para se alimentar, conversar, estudar; távola 2. conjunto de objetos colocados sob a mesa¹ móvel durante uma refeição
noun: 1. constelação austral, que tem forma de mesa
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 mesa
- mesas plural
- meza alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mesa?
- Brazil /ˈme.zɐ/
- Portugal /ˈme.zɐ/
- /ˈme.za/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mesa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mesa in Portuguese?
mesa appears 71 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).