ínsula
Portuguese, noun
ínsula is spelled Í-N-S-U-L-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 171,147th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ínsula is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “island” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, insula is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que ilha”.
What does ínsula mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineisland.
- 2
feminineinsula (type of Roman building).
- 3
feminineinsula (block of Roman buildings).
- 4
feminineinsula (structure of the human brain).
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que ilha 2. moradia insulada
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 ínsula
- ínsulas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ínsula
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ínsula in Portuguese?
ínsula appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).