pátina
Portuguese, noun
pátina is spelled P-Á-T-I-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pátina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “patina (green rust that appears on bronze objects)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, patina is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “camada esverdeada que se forma sobre o cobre ou o bronze quando expostos por muito tempo à ação do tempo e do…”.
What does pátina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepatina (green rust that appears on bronze objects)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. camada esverdeada que se forma sobre o cobre ou o bronze quando expostos por muito tempo à ação do tempo e do ar 2. oxidação das tintas pela ação do tempo e sua transformação gradual pela luz 3. depósitos terrosos que se formam sobre a superfície dos mármores antigos 4. pintura decorativa que procura reproduzir esses efeitos de envelhecimento em objetos e móveis
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 pátina
- pátinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pátina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pátina in Portuguese?
pátina appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).