penosa
Portuguese, adjective/peˈnɔ.zɐ/
penosa is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of penoso” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does penosa mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of penoso
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação falha do guarda-redes que permite passar para dentro do gol um lançamento de bola facilmente defensável
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.
How do you pronounce penosa?
- Brazil /peˈnɔ.zɐ/
- Portugal /pɨˈnɔ.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is penosa in Portuguese?
penosa appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).