larva
Portuguese, noun/ˈlaʁ.vɐ/
larva is spelled L-A-R-V-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Larva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “larva (early growth stage of some insects and amphibians)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “embrião que se torna livre abandonando normalmente os invólucros ovulares ou o organismo progenitor”.
What does larva mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelarva (early growth stage of some insects and amphibians)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. embrião que se torna livre abandonando normalmente os invólucros ovulares ou o organismo progenitor
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 larva
- larvas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce larva?
- Brazil /ˈlaʁ.vɐ/
- Brazil [ˈlaɦ.vɐ]
- /ˈlaɾ.vɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to larva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is larva in Portuguese?
larva 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).