bastilha
Portuguese, noun/basˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/
bastilha is spelled B-A-S-T-I-L-H-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bastilha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bastille (castle tower, or fortified building; small citadel or fortress)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fortaleza avançada na Idade Média”.
What does bastilha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebastille (castle tower, or fortified building; small citadel or fortress)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fortaleza avançada na Idade Média
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 bastilha
- bastilhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bastilha?
- Brazil /basˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/
- /baʃˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /bɐʃˈti.ʎɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bastilha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bastilha in Portuguese?
bastilha 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).