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girandola

Portuguese, noun

girandola is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dated form of girândola” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, girândola is a different word: “Catherine wheel; pinwheel (firework that rotates when lit)”.

What does girandola mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    datedfemininedated form of girândola

noun

as girândola
  1. 1

    feminineCatherine wheel; pinwheel (firework that rotates when lit)

  2. 2

    femininegirandole (ornamental branched candle holder)

  3. 3

    femininea repetitive sequence of ideas, occurrences or arguments

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. travessão ou roda com orifícios em cada um dos quais se pendura um foguete, que sobe e estoura ao mesmo tempo que os demais 2. conjunto dos foguetes agrupados nesse travessão ou roda

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 girandola

  • girandolas plural
  • girândolas plural
  • girandola alternative dated

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).