mezena
Portuguese, noun/meˈzẽ.nɐ/
mezena is spelled M-E-Z-E-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mezena is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mizzen (mizzenmast sail)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vela e mastro de popa dum veleiro. Pode também ser chamando de "Gata"”.
What does mezena mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemizzen (mizzenmast sail)
- 2
masculinemizzenmast (aftmost mast)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vela e mastro de popa dum veleiro. Pode também ser chamando de "Gata".
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 mezena
- mezenas plural
- mesena alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mezena?
- Brazil /meˈzẽ.nɐ/
- Portugal /mɨˈze.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mezena in Portuguese?
mezena appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).