toma
Portuguese, verb/ˈtõ.mɐ/
toma is spelled T-O-M-A (4 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,846th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Toma is a Portuguese verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo tomar”.
What does toma 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
interjection: 1. apanha!
noun: 1. ato de tomar 2. porção de uma amostra para análise
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo tomar
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.
How do you pronounce toma?
- Brazil /ˈtõ.mɐ/
- Portugal /ˈtɔ.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is toma in Portuguese?
toma appears 51 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).