nata
Portuguese, noun/ˈna.tɐ/
nata is spelled N-A-T-A (4 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,080th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nata is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cream (oily part of milk)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of nato. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “camada de gordura que se forma à superfície do leite; creme”.
What does nata mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecream (oily part of milk)
- 2
femininewhipped cream
- 3
femininecream of the crop (the best of something)
- 4
femininethe elite; high society
- 5
feminineellipsis of pastel de nata
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of nato
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. camada de gordura que se forma à superfície do leite; creme 2. a fina-flor; o escol 3. camada de lama fina
noun: 1. prenome masculino
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 nata
- natas plural
- natta alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nata?
- Brazil /ˈna.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈna.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nata
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nata in Portuguese?
nata appears 2.6 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).