eclusa
Portuguese, noun/eˈklu.zɐ/
eclusa is spelled E-C-L-U-S-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eclusa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lock (segment of a canal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “represa em rio ou canal, para facilitar a navegação; comporta”.
What does eclusa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelock (segment of a canal)
- 2
femininesluice (artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. represa em rio ou canal, para facilitar a navegação; comporta
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 eclusa
- eclusas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eclusa?
- Brazil /eˈklu.zɐ/
- Portugal /iˈklu.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to eclusa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eclusa in Portuguese?
eclusa appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).