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esmeralda

Portuguese, noun/iz.meˈɾaw.dɐ/

esmeralda is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “emerald” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pedra preciosa translúcida normalmente de cor verde”.

What does esmeralda mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineemerald

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. pedra preciosa translúcida normalmente de cor verde 2. cor da esmeralda

noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul 2. prenome feminino

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 esmeralda

  • esmeraldas plural

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

How do you pronounce esmeralda?

  • Brazil /iz.meˈɾaw.dɐ/
  • Brazil [iz.meˈɾaʊ̯.dɐ]
  • Brazil /ez.meˈɾaw.dɐ/

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

English words that translate to esmeralda

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is esmeralda in Portuguese?

esmeralda appears 4.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.

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