empola
Portuguese, noun
empola is spelled E-M-P-O-L-A (6 letters). Empola is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bubble (e.g, in boiling water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of empolar. With an accent, empôla is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bolha que se forma na pele e que contém serosidade”.
What does empola mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebubble (e.g, in boiling water)
- 2
feminineblister (in the skin)
- 3
femininesynonym of ampola
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of empola
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bolha que se forma na pele e que contém serosidade 2. corpúsculo globuloso e oco, que se observa na raiz de certas plantas
noun: 1. o mesmo que oásis
noun: 1. grafia antiga de empola
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 empola
- empolas plural
- empôla alternative
- empôlas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).