mesma
Portuguese, adjective
mesma is spelled M-E-S-M-A (5 letters) and appears 331 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 276th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mesma is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of mesmo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, mêsma is a different word: “feminine singular of mêsmo”.
What does mesma mean in English?
adjective
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femininefeminine singular of mesmo
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of mêsmo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo estado 2. as mesmas circunstâncias 3. estado daquilo ou daquele que não sofreu alterações
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.
How common is mesma in Portuguese?
mesma appears 331 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).