acerola
Portuguese, noun/a.seˈɾɔ.lɐ/
acerola is spelled A-C-E-R-O-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,304th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acerola is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “acerola (Malpighia emarginata)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fruto comestível da aceroleira, pertencente á família das malpighiáceas (Malpighiaceae), também conhecido por…”.
What does acerola mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineacerola (Malpighia emarginata)
- 2
feminineacerola (the fruit of this plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fruto comestível da aceroleira, pertencente á família das malpighiáceas (Malpighiaceae), também conhecido por cereja-das-antilhas, (Malpighia emarginata)
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 acerola
- acerolas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acerola?
- Brazil /a.seˈɾɔ.lɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.sɨˈɾɔ.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acerola
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acerola in Portuguese?
acerola appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).