hotelaria
Portuguese, noun/o.te.laˈɾi.ɐ/
hotelaria is spelled H-O-T-E-L-A-R-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hotelaria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the business of running hotels” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de hotéis localizados em determinado lugar”.
What does hotelaria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe business of running hotels
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de hotéis localizados em determinado lugar; 2. actividade econômica de fornecer hospedagem; 3. conjunto de técnicas administrativas voltadas ao ramo hoteleiro; 4. curso especializado (universitário ou não) para o ensino dessas técnicas.
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.
How do you pronounce hotelaria?
- Brazil /o.te.laˈɾi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɔ.tɨ.lɐˈɾi.ɐ/
- Brazil /o.te.lɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hotelaria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hotelaria in Portuguese?
hotelaria 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).