borboleta
Portuguese, noun/boʁ.boˈle.tɐ/
borboleta is spelled B-O-R-B-O-L-E-T-A (9 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,590th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Borboleta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “butterfly, moth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inseto provido de quatro grandes asas, de cores geralmente vivas”.
What does borboleta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebutterfly, moth
- 2
Brazilfemininebutterfly stroke
- 3
Brazilfeminineinformalvagina (woman's genitalia)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. inseto provido de quatro grandes asas, de cores geralmente vivas 2. aparelho giratório para contagem de pessoas, instalados em ônibus, porta de cinemas, etc.; roleta 3. pessoa inconstante 4. pessoa que exerce a prostituição
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 borboleta
- borboletas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce borboleta?
- Brazil /boʁ.boˈle.tɐ/
- Brazil [boɦ.boˈle.tɐ]
- /boɾ.boˈle.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to borboleta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is borboleta in Portuguese?
borboleta appears 8.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).