verbena
Portuguese, noun/veʁˈbẽ.nɐ/
verbena is spelled V-E-R-B-E-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,784th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbena is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “common name, extended to plants of the genus Verbena, of the Verbenaceae family, mostly from the Americas, which includes species…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta e flor do gênero Verbena”.
What does verbena mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecommon name, extended to plants of the genus Verbena, of the Verbenaceae family, mostly from the Americas, which includes species cultivated as ornamentals
- 2
feminineVerbena officinalis
- 3
feminineherbal tea prepared with this plant
- 4
feminineparty with night festival; kermesse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta e flor do gênero Verbena 2. planta da família das verbenáceas (Verbena officinalis), com a qual se prepara infusão ou licor 3. licor produzido com a verbena
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 verbena
- verbenas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verbena?
- Brazil /veʁˈbẽ.nɐ/
- Brazil [veɦˈbẽ.nɐ]
- /veɾˈbẽ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verbena
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verbena in Portuguese?
verbena appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).