pernambucana
Portuguese, noun/peʁ.nɐ̃.buˈkɐ̃.nɐ/
pernambucana is spelled P-E-R-N-A-M-B-U-C-A-N-A (12 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pernambucana is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of pernambucano” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of pernambucano. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “faca de ponta”.
What does pernambucana mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of pernambucano
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of pernambucano
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. faca de ponta
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 pernambucana
- pernambucanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pernambucana?
- Brazil /peʁ.nɐ̃.buˈkɐ̃.nɐ/
- Brazil [peɦ.nɐ̃.buˈkɐ̃.nɐ]
- /peɾ.nɐ̃.buˈkɐ̃.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pernambucana in Portuguese?
pernambucana appears 2.3 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).