guelra
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡɛw.ʁɐ/
guelra is spelled G-U-E-L-R-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guelra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “gill (breathing organ of fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “órgão da respiração nos peixes e outros animais aquáticos”.
What does guelra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegill (breathing organ of fish)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. órgão da respiração nos peixes e outros animais aquáticos
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 guelra
- guelras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guelra?
- Brazil /ˈɡɛw.ʁɐ/
- Brazil [ˈɡɛʊ̯.hɐ]
- /ˈɡɛw.ʁɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guelra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guelra in Portuguese?
guelra appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).