numas
Portuguese, contraction/ˈnũ.ɐs/
numas is spelled N-U-M-A-S (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,005th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Numas is a Portuguese feminine contraction meaning “contraction of em + umas, literally “in some (feminine plural)”: feminine plural of num” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração de: em + umas”.
What does numas mean in English?
contraction
- 1
femininecontraction of em + umas, literally “in some (feminine plural)”: feminine plural of num
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração de: em + umas
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 numas
- n'umas alternative
- nũas alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce numas?
- Brazil /ˈnũ.ɐs/
- Brazil /nũ.mɐs/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is numas in Portuguese?
numas appears 1.4 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).