planta
Portuguese, noun/ˈplɐ̃.tɐ/
planta is spelled P-L-A-N-T-A (6 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Planta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae, and now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of plantar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualquer ser vivo do reino dos vegetais; deve ser pluricelular e apresentar clorofila, tecidos organizados e…”.
What does planta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae, and now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism)
- 2
femininefloor plan (horizontal projection drawing of buildings, population clusters, etc.)
- 3
femininetopographic map
- 4
feminineinformalpresentation
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. qualquer ser vivo do reino dos vegetais; deve ser pluricelular e apresentar clorofila, tecidos organizados e parede celular 2. desenho com a representação gráfica da projeção horizontal de um edifício 3. face inferior do pé
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo plantar
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 planta
- plantas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce planta?
- Brazil /ˈplɐ̃.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈplɐ̃.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to planta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is planta in Portuguese?
planta appears 29 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).