plaina
Portuguese, noun/ˈplɐj.nɐ/
plaina is spelled P-L-A-I-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 102,716th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plaina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “plane (tool for smoothing wood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of plaino. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ferramenta de marcenaria para tornar uma peça de madeira ou metal plana ao retirar-lhe finas camadas…”.
What does plaina mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplane (tool for smoothing wood)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of plaino
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. ferramenta de marcenaria para tornar uma peça de madeira ou metal plana ao retirar-lhe finas camadas irregulares 2. navalha de aplainamento 3. planície
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 plaina
- plainas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plaina?
- Brazil /ˈplɐj.nɐ/
- Brazil [ˈplɐɪ̯.nɐ]
- Portugal /ˈplaj.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 plaina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plaina in Portuguese?
plaina appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).