quinoa
Portuguese, noun/kiˈno.ɐ/
quinoa is spelled Q-U-I-N-O-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quinoa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, a pseudocereal of the Andes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta nativa da Colômbia, Peru e Chile; seu nome científico é Chenopodium quinoa”.
What does quinoa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininequinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, a pseudocereal of the Andes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta nativa da Colômbia, Peru e Chile; seu nome científico é Chenopodium quinoa
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 quinoa
- quinoas plural
- quinua alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quinoa?
- Brazil /kiˈno.ɐ/
- Portugal /kiˈno.ɐ/
- Portugal /kiˈno(w).ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quinoa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quinoa in Portuguese?
quinoa appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).