espinela
Portuguese, noun/is.piˈnɛ.lɐ/
espinela is spelled E-S-P-I-N-E-L-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese, the 255,764th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espinela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “spinel (any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does espinela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespinel (any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of espinela
- espinelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espinela?
- Brazil /is.piˈnɛ.lɐ/
- Brazil /es.piˈnɛ.lɐ/
- /iʃ.piˈnɛ.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 espinela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espinela in Portuguese?
espinela appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).