sequoia
Portuguese, noun
sequoia is spelled S-E-Q-U-O-I-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 80,231st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sequoia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sequoia; redwood (Sequoia sempervirens, a very large coniferous tree of North America)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, sequóia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of sequoia; still used where…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande cipreste nativo da América do Norte (Sequoia sempervirens)”.
What does sequoia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesequoia; redwood (Sequoia sempervirens, a very large coniferous tree of North America)
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of sequoia; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vide sequoia
noun: 1. grande cipreste nativo da América do Norte (Sequoia sempervirens)
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 sequoia
- sequoias plural
- sequóia alternative
- sequóias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sequoia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sequoia in Portuguese?
sequoia appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).