santa
Portuguese, noun
santa is spelled S-A-N-T-A (5 letters) and appears 123 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 786th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Santa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “saintess; female equivalent of santo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of santo. With a capital, Santa is a different word: “title given to a female saint: Saint, St”.
What does santa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesaintess; female equivalent of santo
- 2
femininea good or kind woman
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of santo
noun
- 1
femininetitle given to a female saint: Saint, St.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prenome feminino
noun: 1. leite de coco, caldo de coco
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 santa
- Santo masculine
- São masculine
- S. alternative abbreviation
- S.ta alternative abbreviation
- St.ª alternative abbreviation
- Stª alternative abbreviation
- santas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to santa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is santa in Portuguese?
santa appears 123 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).