paina
Portuguese, noun/ˈpaj.nɐ/
paina is spelled P-A-I-N-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese, the 187,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “kapok” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does paina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekapok
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of paina
- painas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paina?
- Brazil /ˈpaj.nɐ/
- Brazil [ˈpaɪ̯.nɐ]
- Brazil /ˈpɐ̃j.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paina in Portuguese?
paina appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).