aiatolá
Portuguese, noun/aj.a.toˈla/
aiatolá is spelled A-I-A-T-O-L-Á (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aiatolá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ayatollah (a religious leader)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “líder religioso islâmico”.
What does aiatolá mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineayatollah (a religious leader)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. líder religioso islâmico
noun: 1. líder religioso islâmico
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 aiatolá
- aiatolás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aiatolá?
- Brazil /aj.a.toˈla/
- Brazil [aɪ̯.a.toˈla]
- Portugal /aj.ɐ.tuˈla/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aiatolá
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aiatolá in Portuguese?
aiatolá 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).