celestina
Portuguese, noun/se.lesˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
celestina is spelled C-E-L-E-S-T-I-N-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Celestina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “celestine (a mineral)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of celestino. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “erva anual (Ageratum houstonianum) da família das compostas, nativa do México, de folhas cordiformes…”.
What does celestina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecelestine (a mineral)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of celestino
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. erva anual (Ageratum houstonianum) da família das compostas, nativa do México, de folhas cordiformes, denteadas e pilosas, e capítulos com flores tubulosas azuis, brancas ou róseas, reunidos em corimbos densos 2. minério de estrôncio composto de SrSO₄, o mesmo que celestita
noun: 1. mulher ladina, astuta 2. dona de prostíbulo; cafetina
noun: 1. prenome feminino
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 celestina
- celestinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce celestina?
- Brazil /se.lesˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
- /se.leʃˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
- Brazil /se.lesˈt͡ʃi.na/ (Região Sul)
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to celestina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is celestina in Portuguese?
celestina appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).