chila
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃi.lɐ/
chila is spelled C-H-I-L-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chila is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fig-leaf gourd, Malabar gourd (Cucurbita ficifolia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of chilar.
What does chila mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefig-leaf gourd, Malabar gourd (Cucurbita ficifolia)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of chila
- chilas plural
- gila alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chila?
- Brazil /ˈʃi.lɐ/
- Portugal /ˈʃi.lɐ/
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃi.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chila in Portuguese?
chila appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).