bílis
Portuguese, noun/ˈbi.lis/
bílis is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “secreção exócrina do fígado, viscosa e amarga, importante para a função digestiva”.
What does bílis mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebile
- 2
femininegall
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. secreção exócrina do fígado, viscosa e amarga, importante para a função digestiva 2. mau gênio, irascibilidade
noun: 1. plural de bílis
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 bílis
- bile alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bílis?
- Brazil /ˈbi.lis/
- /ˈbi.liʃ/
- Portugal /ˈbi.liʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bílis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bílis in Portuguese?
bílis appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).