polaina
Portuguese, noun/poˈlaj.nɐ/
polaina is spelled P-O-L-A-I-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese, the 203,084th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polaina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “spat (covering worn over a shoe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça, geralmente de lã, que se usa por cima do sapato, cobrindo o peito do pé”.
What does polaina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespat (covering worn over a shoe)
- 2
femininegaiter
- 3
feminineleg warmer
- 4
femininecompression sleeve for the leg or lower leg
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça, geralmente de lã, que se usa por cima do sapato, cobrindo o peito do pé 2. pertence da armadura que protege a parte inferior da perna e o peito do pé
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 polaina
- polainas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polaina?
- Brazil /poˈlaj.nɐ/
- Brazil [poˈlaɪ̯.nɐ]
- Portugal /puˈlaj.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 polaina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polaina in Portuguese?
polaina appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).