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roma

Portuguese, adjective

roma is a Portuguese adjective meaning “of the Roma people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, romã is a different word: “pomegranate (fruit)”.

What does roma mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    of the Roma people

noun

as romã
  1. 1

    femininefemale equivalent of romão

  2. 2

    femininepomegranate (fruit)

adjective

as romã
  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of romão

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. fruto da romãzeira, da família das litráceas (Litraceae)

noun: 1. sobrenome

noun: 1. capital da Itália 2. capital do antigo Império Romano

verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo romar

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 roma

  • romãs plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to roma

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is roma in Portuguese?

roma appears 36 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).