numa
Portuguese, contraction/ˈnũ.ɐ/
numa is spelled N-U-M-A (4 letters) and appears 347 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 264th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Numa is a Portuguese feminine contraction meaning “contraction of em + uma, literally “in a (feminine)”: feminine singular of num” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em uma: feminino de num”.
What does numa mean in English?
contraction
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femininecontraction of em + uma, literally “in a (feminine)”: feminine singular of num
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. em uma: feminino de num 2. em uma: contração da preposição em com o pronome uma
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 numa
- n'uma alternative
- nũa alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce numa?
- Brazil /ˈnũ.ɐ/
- Brazil /nũ.mɐ/
- Portugal /ˈnũ.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is numa in Portuguese?
numa appears 347 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).