naveta
Portuguese, noun/naˈve.tɐ/
naveta is spelled N-A-V-E-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese, the 198,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Naveta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “shuttle (part of a loom)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vaso em que se serve o incenso para os turíbulos”.
What does naveta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshuttle (part of a loom)
- 2
feminineincense boat (vessel that holds incense before it is put into a censer)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vaso em que se serve o incenso para os turíbulos 2. lançadeira de máquina de costura 3. navio pequeno 4. monumento funerário megalítico
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 naveta
- navetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce naveta?
- Brazil /naˈve.tɐ/
- Portugal /nɐˈve.tɐ/
- Portugal /nɐˈbe.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 naveta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is naveta in Portuguese?
naveta appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).