celular
Portuguese, noun/se.luˈlaʁ/
celular is spelled C-E-L-U-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears 98 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,007th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Celular is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cell phone; smartphone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aparelho portátil ou móvel de comunicação por ondas eletromagnéticas que permite a transmissão bidirecional…”.
What does celular mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecellular (relating to cells)
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinecell phone; smartphone
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à célula 2. celuloso, composto de células 3. diviso por células 4. que fica preso em cela
noun: 1. aparelho portátil ou móvel de comunicação por ondas eletromagnéticas que permite a transmissão bidirecional de voz e dados utilizáveis em uma área geográfica que se encontra dividida em células, cada uma delas servida por um transmissor/receptor
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 celular
- celulares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce celular?
- Brazil /se.luˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [se.luˈlah]
- /se.luˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to celular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is celular in Portuguese?
celular appears 98 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).