The Portuguese word for pen is
caneta
Gender
The gender of caneta is feminine. E.g. a caneta.Plural
The plural of caneta is canetas.Portuguese Definition
| pen | |
| 1. Substantivo. caneta | |
| 2. Substantivo. curral |
Translations for pen and their definitions
| caneta | |
| 1. n-f. pen (writing tool) | |
| 2. n-f. (Portugal, colloquial) leg (lower limb) | |
| Já não me aguento das canetas. - My legs are tired. | |
| 3. n-f. (Brazil, soccer/football) nutmeg (action of playing the ball between the legs of an opponent) | |
| Ela deu uma caneta na zagueira e arrematou no gol. - She nutmegged the defender and shot to the goal. |
| curral | |
| 1. n-m. corral, pen (enclosure for animals) |
| cercado | |
| 1. Participle. past participle of cercar |
| prender | |
| 1. v. to arrest (to seize and take into legal custody) | |
| 2. v. to attach or bind | |
| 3. v. to restrain; to restrict | |
| 4. v. to become close (emotionally) to someone |
| cela | |
| 1. n-f. cell (small room or compartment) | |
| 2. n-f. room in a prison for containing inmates | |
| 3. n-f. room of a monastery |
| escrever | |
| 1. v. to write (to form letters, etc.) |
| Cisne | |
| 1. Proper noun. (constellation) Cygnus (a summer constellation of the northern sky) | |
| 2. n-m. swan |
| enclausurar | |
| 1. v. to cloister (to confine in a cloister) | |
| 2. v. to pen; to enclose |
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