joia
Portuguese, noun
joia is spelled J-O-I-A (4 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,534th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Joia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “jewel (a precious or semi-precious stone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, jóia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of joia; still used where the…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “objeto de adorno de matéria preciosa”.
What does joia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejewel (a precious or semi-precious stone)
- 2
femininegem, treasure (anything considered precious or valuable)
- 3
feminineadmission (the cost or fee associated with attendance or entry)
adjective
- 1
Brazilinformalgood, all right, fine
Essa quantidade está joia.
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of joia; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vide joia
noun: 1. vide joia
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul
adjective: 1. agrandante, bom, ótimo
interjection: 1. expressa que o proferidor considera agrandante, bom, ótimo 2. expressa que o proferidor deseja saber se se considera entendido e aceito 3. expressa que o proferidor considera entendido ou que assente
noun: 1. objeto de adorno de matéria preciosa 2. propina paga pela inscrição em algumas associações 3. pessoa ou coisa de grande estimação
noun: 1. ato ou resultado de se sinalizar via suporte lógico que se gostou em um sistema que o computabiliza como curtida junto de um índice de curtidas e descurtidas cujo cômputo é exibido publicamente
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 joia
- joias plural
- jóia alternative
- jóias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to joia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is joia in Portuguese?
joia appears 3.9 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).