pestana
Portuguese, noun/pesˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
pestana is spelled P-E-S-T-A-N-A (7 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,930th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pestana is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “eyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pelo que recobre a pálpebra”.
What does pestana mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids)
- 2
femininenap (short period of sleep)
- 3
femininenut (a small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard of string instruments that holds the strings)
- 4
femininebarre chord (type of chord where a finger presses multiple strings)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pelo que recobre a pálpebra 2. soneca 3. nos instrumentos de cordas: ponto de junção do cravelhal e do espelho
noun: 1. sobrenome
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 pestana
- pestanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pestana?
- Brazil /pesˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
- /peʃˈtɐ̃.nɐ/
- Portugal /pɨʃˈtɐ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pestana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pestana in Portuguese?
pestana appears 1.8 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).