rêmora
Portuguese, noun
rêmora is spelled R-Ê-M-O-R-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 141,055th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rêmora is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “remora (any of various elongated fish from the family Echeneidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, rémora is a different word: “European Portuguese spelling of rêmora”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome vulgar dos peixes da família Echeneidae, que possuem a barbatana dorsal transformada numa ventosa, com a…”.
What does rêmora mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineremora (any of various elongated fish from the family Echeneidae)
noun
- 1
feminineEuropean Portuguese spelling of rêmora
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dificuldade, impedimento
noun: 1. nome vulgar dos peixes da família Echeneidae, que possuem a barbatana dorsal transformada numa ventosa, com a qual se fixam a outros animais como tubarões ou tartarugas, podendo assim viajar grandes distâncias
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 rêmora
- rémoras plural
- rêmoras plural
- rémora alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rêmora
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rêmora in Portuguese?
rêmora appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).