polenta
Portuguese, noun/poˈlẽ.tɐ/
polenta is spelled P-O-L-E-N-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polenta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “polenta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “alimento feito de farinha de milho, típico da culinária italiana”.
What does polenta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepolenta
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. alimento feito de farinha de milho, típico da culinária italiana
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 polenta
- polentas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polenta?
- Brazil /poˈlẽ.tɐ/
- Portugal /puˈlẽ.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 polenta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polenta in Portuguese?
polenta appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).