sana
Portuguese, verb/ˈsɐ̃.nɐ/
sana is spelled S-A-N-A (4 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sana is a Portuguese verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sana mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. capital do Iémen
noun: 1. capital do Iemem (Yemen)
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 sana
- Sanaa alternative
- Sana'a alternative
- Sana alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sana?
- Brazil /ˈsɐ̃.nɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsɐ.nɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsa.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sana in Portuguese?
sana appears 1.2 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).