Wave

"Wave" in Portuguese

aceno

(sideways movement of the hand)

enxame

(sudden unusually large amount of something)

leva

(sudden unusually large amount of something)

ola

(a group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water)

onda

(moving disturbance, undulation)

onda

(moving disturbance in a field)

onda

(shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions)

onda

(sudden unusually large amount of something)

ondulação

(moving disturbance in a field)

ondulação

(shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions)

vaga

(moving disturbance, undulation)

acenar

(to wave one’s hand)

acenar

(to signal with a waving movement)

agitar

(to cause to move back and forth repeatedly)

ondear

(to produce waves to the hair)

ondear

(to cause to move back and forth repeatedly)

ondular

(to move back and forth repeatedly)

ondular

(to have an undulating or wavy form)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.