valença
Portuguese, noun/vaˈlẽ.sɐ/
valença is spelled V-A-L-E-N-Ç-A (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,396th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Valença is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “strength, power” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sobrenome comum em português”.
What does valença mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfemininestrength, power
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sobrenome comum em português 2. município brasileiro do estado da Bahia 3. município brasileiro do estado do Rio de Janeiro 4. município português do distrito de Viana do Castelo
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 valença
- valenças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce valença?
- Brazil /vaˈlẽ.sɐ/
- Portugal /vɐˈlẽ.sɐ/
- Portugal /bɐˈlẽ.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is valença in Portuguese?
valença appears 2.1 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).