gazela
Portuguese, noun/ɡaˈzɛ.lɐ/
gazela is spelled G-A-Z-E-L-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,239th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gazela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “gazelle (bovid of the tribe Antilopini)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero ruminante e veloz do gênero antílope”.
What does gazela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegazelle (bovid of the tribe Antilopini)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mamífero ruminante e veloz do gênero antílope 2. homossexual do sexo masculino
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 gazela
- gazelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gazela?
- Brazil /ɡaˈzɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /ɡɐˈzɛ.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 gazela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gazela in Portuguese?
gazela appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).