doula
Portuguese, noun/ˈdo(w).lɐ/
doula is spelled D-O-U-L-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,304th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doula is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “doula (woman who advises, accompanies and provides non-clinical assistance (physical, emotional, etc.) to pregnant women, before, during…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mulher que dá suporte físico e emocional a outras mulheres antes, durante e após o parto”.
What does doula mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedoula (woman who advises, accompanies and provides non-clinical assistance (physical, emotional, etc.) to pregnant women, before, during and after childbirth)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mulher que dá suporte físico e emocional a outras mulheres antes, durante e após o parto
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 doula
- doulas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce doula?
- Brazil /ˈdo(w).lɐ/
- Brazil [ˈdo(ʊ̯).lɐ]
- Portugal /ˈdo(w).lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to doula
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is doula in Portuguese?
doula appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).