rima
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁĩ.mɐ/
rima is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rhyme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of rimar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “figura poética de repetição de sons que pode se dar ao final de versos, entre o final de um e o meio de…”.
What does rima mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerhyme
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
noun: 1. figura poética de repetição de sons que pode se dar ao final de versos, entre o final de um e o meio de outro, ou mesmo no meio desses; pode se dar em versos consecutivos ou alternados 2. repetição de sons em um mesmo verso 3. a identidade de sons entre duas palavras 4. montão
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 rima
- rimas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rima?
- Brazil /ˈʁĩ.mɐ/
- Brazil [ˈhĩ.mɐ]
- /ˈʁĩ.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rima
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rima in Portuguese?
rima appears 5.9 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).