citronela

Portuguese, noun/si.tɾoˈnɛ.lɐ/

citronela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lemon balm (Melissa officinalis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does citronela mean in English?

noun

1
femininelemon balm (Melissa officinalis)
2
femininelemongrass (Cymbopogon, particularly Cymbopogon citratus)
3
femininecitronella (species in the genus Citronella)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of citronela

citronelas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce citronela?

Brazil /si.tɾoˈnɛ.lɐ/
Portugal /si.tɾuˈnɛ.lɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is citronela in Portuguese?

citronela appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.

citronela0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Portuguesemore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).