janela
Portuguese, noun/ʒaˈnɛ.lɐ/
janela is spelled J-A-N-E-L-A (6 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,275th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Janela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “window” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of janelar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “buraco na parede, geralmente retangular, feito para permitir a entrada de luz e ar”.
What does janela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewindow
Começou a chover! Fecha as janelas!
- 2
femininea gap left by a milk tooth
- 3
femininewindow (period of time)
- 4
femininewindow (area on a computer screen)
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. buraco na parede, geralmente retangular, feito para permitir a entrada de luz e ar 2. lugar o mais próximo à janela 3. área na tela de um computador, de apresentação componível de diversos elementos gráficos, e que se destina ao uso de um aplicativo
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 janela
- janelas plural
- janelinha diminutive
- janelona augmentative
- jinela alternative regional
- janella alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce janela?
- Brazil /ʒaˈnɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /ʒɐˈnɛ.lɐ/
- /ʒɐˈnɛ.la/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to janela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is janela in Portuguese?
janela appears 41 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).