vazante
Portuguese, noun/vaˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
vazante is spelled V-A-Z-A-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vazante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ebb (receding movement of the tide)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “época do ano em que baixam as águas dos rios e mares”.
What does vazante mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineebb (receding movement of the tide)
- 2
femininelow tide (the tide at its lowest level)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinewhich is emptying or leaking, getting out of a container
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que vaza
noun: 1. época do ano em que baixam as águas dos rios e mares 2. maré baixa
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais
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 vazante
- vazantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vazante?
- Brazil /vaˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /vɐˈzɐ̃.tɨ/
- Portugal /bɐˈzɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vazante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vazante in Portuguese?
vazante appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).