patena
Portuguese, noun
patena is spelled P-A-T-E-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese, the 187,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patena is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of pátena” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pátena is a different word: “paten (plate for the host during Eucharist)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide pátena”.
What does patena mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of pátena
noun
- 1
femininepaten (plate for the host during Eucharist)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. no ritual da Igreja católica, pequeno prato de ouro ou outro metal dourado em que se coloca a hóstia grande, no ofertório, durante a missa, e que serve também para cobrir o cálice 2. pena do rodízio do moinho
noun: 1. vide pátena
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 patena
- patenas plural
- pátenas plural
- patena alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to patena
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patena in Portuguese?
patena 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).