persa
Portuguese, noun/ˈpɛʁ.sɐ/
persa is spelled P-E-R-S-A (5 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,745th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Persa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Persian (member of ethnic group native to the Iranian plateau)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural da Pérsia antiga ou seu habitante”.
What does persa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinePersian (member of ethnic group native to the Iranian plateau)
- 2
femininemasculineIranian (person from Iran)
noun
- 1
masculinePersian; Farsi (national language of Iran)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinePersian (of Persia)
- 2
femininemasculineIranian (of Iran)
- 3
femininemasculinePersian (of the Persian language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. da Pérsia antiga
noun: 1. natural da Pérsia antiga ou seu habitante 2. língua iraniana falada no Irão/Irã 3. raça de gato
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 persa
- persas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce persa?
- Brazil /ˈpɛʁ.sɐ/
- Brazil [ˈpɛh.sɐ]
- /ˈpɛɾ.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to persa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is persa in Portuguese?
persa appears 9.3 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).