esparrela
Portuguese, noun/is.paˈʁɛ.lɐ/
esparrela is spelled E-S-P-A-R-R-E-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esparrela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “trap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “armadilha para caçar pássaros”.
What does esparrela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrap
cair na esparrela
- 2
femininetrick, ruse, deceit
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. armadilha para caçar pássaros
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 esparrela
- esparrelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esparrela?
- Brazil /is.paˈʁɛ.lɐ/
- Brazil [is.paˈhɛ.lɐ]
- Brazil /es.paˈʁɛ.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esparrela in Portuguese?
esparrela appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).