naifa
Portuguese, noun/ˈnaj.fɐ/
naifa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “knife (a weapon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “faca”.
What does naifa mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalfeminineinformalknife (a weapon)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. faca
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 naifa
- naifas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce naifa?
- Brazil /ˈnaj.fɐ/
- Brazil [ˈnaɪ̯.fɐ]
- Portugal /ˈnaj.fɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is naifa in Portuguese?
naifa appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).