cernelha
Portuguese, noun/seʁˈne.ʎɐ/
cernelha is spelled C-E-R-N-E-L-H-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 92,647th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cernelha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “withers (place where a draft animal’s shoulder blades meet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte do corpo de alguns animais, em que se juntam as espáduas; fio do lombo”.
What does cernelha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewithers (place where a draft animal’s shoulder blades meet)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte do corpo de alguns animais, em que se juntam as espáduas; fio do lombo 2. montão de molhos de cereal
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 cernelha
- cernelhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cernelha?
- Brazil /seʁˈne.ʎɐ/
- Brazil [seɦˈne.ʎɐ]
- /seɾˈne.ʎɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cernelha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cernelha in Portuguese?
cernelha appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).