samambaia
Portuguese, noun/sa.mɐ̃ˈbaj.ɐ/
samambaia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “feto, planta polipodiácea, pteridófita”.
What does samambaia mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininefern
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feto, planta polipodiácea, pteridófita
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 samambaia
- samambaias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce samambaia?
- Brazil /sa.mɐ̃ˈbaj.ɐ/
- Brazil [sa.mɐ̃ˈbaɪ̯.ɐ]
- Portugal /sɐ.mɐ̃ˈbaj.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 samambaia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is samambaia in Portuguese?
samambaia appears 1.0 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).