axila
Portuguese, noun/akˈsi.lɐ/
axila is spelled A-X-I-L-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Axila is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “armpit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cavidade na parte inferior da junção entre braço e ombro”.
What does axila mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearmpit
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cavidade na parte inferior da junção entre braço e ombro 2. ponto externo em que os membros de certos animais se unem ao corpo 3. parte interna da inserção da nadadeira peitoral, nos peixes 4. espaço situado entre um órgão e o eixo que o sustenta
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 axila
- axilas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce axila?
- Brazil /akˈsi.lɐ/
- Brazil /a.kiˈsi.lɐ/
- Portugal /ɐkˈsi.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 axila
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is axila in Portuguese?
axila appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).