moa
Portuguese, noun/ˈmo.ɐ/
moa is spelled M-O-A (3 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “moa (large, extinct flightless bird of New Zealand)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of moer.
What does moa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemoa (large, extinct flightless bird of New Zealand)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo moer 2. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo moer 3. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo moer
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 moa
- moas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moa?
- Brazil /ˈmo.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˈmo.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˈmo(w).ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moa in Portuguese?
moa appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).