revoada
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.voˈa.dɐ/
revoada is spelled R-E-V-O-A-D-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Revoada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “act of flying again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de revoar”.
What does revoada mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineact of flying again
- 2
femininegroup of birds in flight
- 3
femininea course or route that birds fly back from somewhere they migrated to
- 4
colloquialfemininegroup of airplanes flying together, especially for commemorative purposes
- 5
femininegroup of people, especially a loud and happy one
- 6
feminineopportunity (favorable occasion)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de revoar 2. bando de aves a voar 3. profusão; grande quantidade
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 revoada
- revoadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce revoada?
- Brazil /ʁe.voˈa.dɐ/
- Brazil [he.voˈa.dɐ]
- /ʁe.voˈa.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is revoada in Portuguese?
revoada 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).