poá
Portuguese, noun/poˈa/
poá is spelled P-O-Á (3 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,393rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “small filled circle of colour over a background of different colour, especially on fabric” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo”.
What does poá mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmall filled circle of colour over a background of different colour, especially on fabric
- 2
masculinepolka dot
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo
noun: 1. cabo fixo 2. gênero de plantas
abbreviation: 1. Porto Alegre
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 poá
- poás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poá?
- Brazil /poˈa/
- Portugal /ˈpwa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is poá in Portuguese?
poá appears 1.4 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).