esquila
Portuguese, noun/isˈki.lɐ/
esquila is spelled E-S-Q-U-I-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esquila is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “shear (the act of shearing an animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of esquilar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tosquia, ação e ato de cortar a lã, esquia”.
What does esquila mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshear (the act of shearing an animal)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of esquilo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tosquia, ação e ato de cortar a lã, esquia
noun: 1. pequena choca, chocalhinho
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 esquila
- esquilas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esquila?
- Brazil /isˈki.lɐ/
- Brazil /esˈki.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esquila in Portuguese?
esquila appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).