borbulha
Portuguese, noun/boʁˈbu.ʎɐ/
borbulha is spelled B-O-R-B-U-L-H-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,715th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Borbulha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a bubble in a liquid (especially when boiling)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of borbulhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bolha, ampola de gás dentro de um líquido”.
What does borbulha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea bubble in a liquid (especially when boiling)
Quando está perto de ferver, a água faz borbulhas.
- 2
femininea blister or pimple (liquid-filled bubble in the skin)
- 3
feminineburble (burbling noise)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bolha, ampola de gás dentro de um líquido 2. grão, vesícula na pele
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 borbulha
- borbulhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce borbulha?
- Brazil /boʁˈbu.ʎɐ/
- Brazil [boɦˈbu.ʎɐ]
- /boɾˈbu.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 borbulha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is borbulha in Portuguese?
borbulha 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).