caloria
Portuguese, noun/ka.loˈɾi.ɐ/
caloria is spelled C-A-L-O-R-I-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,596th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caloria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “calorie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “unidade de medição do calor”.
What does caloria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecalorie
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unidade de medição do calor 2. quantidade de energia necessária para, sob pressão constante, elevar a temperatura de um grama de água líquida em 1° C 3. unidade com que se mede o valor nutricional dos alimentos
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 caloria
- calorias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caloria?
- Brazil /ka.loˈɾi.ɐ/
- Portugal /kɐ.luˈɾi.ɐ/
- /ka.lo.ˈɾi.a/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caloria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caloria in Portuguese?
caloria appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).