geleia
Portuguese, noun
geleia is spelled G-E-L-E-I-A (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geleia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “jelly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of geleiar. With an accent, geléia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of geleia; may still occur as a…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conserva feita de sumos ou sucos de frutas ou vegetais e cozida”.
What does geleia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejelly
- 2
femininejam
- 3
Brazilcolloquialfemininejelly (any substance or object having the consistency of jelly)
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineenvy
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of geleia; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vide geleia
noun: 1. conserva feita de sumos ou sucos de frutas ou vegetais e cozida; 2. substância líquida de consistência gelatinosa.
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 geleia
- geléias plural
- geleias plural
- geléia alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to geleia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geleia in Portuguese?
geleia appears 1.7 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).