capella
Portuguese, noun
capella is spelled C-A-P-E-L-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,402nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capella is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of capela” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does capella mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of capela
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of capella
- capellas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is capella in Portuguese?
capella appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).