gel
Portuguese, noun/ˈʒɛw/
gel is spelled G-E-L (3 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,792nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “gel (suspension of solid in liquid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância gelatinosa coloidal”.
What does gel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegel (suspension of solid in liquid)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância gelatinosa coloidal 2. substância gelatinosa usada para fixar os cabelos
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 gel
- géis plural
- geles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gel?
- Brazil /ˈʒɛw/
- Brazil [ˈʒɛʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈʒɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gel in Portuguese?
gel appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).