capilar
Portuguese, noun/ka.piˈlaʁ/
capilar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “capillary (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vaso capilar”.
What does capilar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecapillary (of or relating to hair)
noun
- 1
masculinecapillary (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a cabelo 2. delgado como um cabelo 3. que se produz em tubos muito estreitos 4. relativo às ramificações vasculares, por onde o sangue passa das artérias para as veias
noun: 1. vaso capilar
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 capilar
- capilares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capilar?
- Brazil /ka.piˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [ka.piˈlah]
- /ka.piˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to capilar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capilar in Portuguese?
capilar appears 1.4 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).