fontanela
Portuguese, noun/fõ.taˈnɛ.lɐ/
fontanela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fontanelle (soft spot on the head of babies)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does fontanela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefontanelle (soft spot on the head of babies)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of fontanela
- fontanelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fontanela?
- Brazil /fõ.taˈnɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /fõ.tɐˈnɛ.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 fontanela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fontanela in Portuguese?
fontanela 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).