maxila
Portuguese, noun/ma.kiˈsi.lɐ/
maxila is spelled M-A-X-I-L-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maxila is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “maxilla (upper jawbone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cada uma das partes da face em que estão inseridos os dentes (no homem, a maxila superior é formada de dois…”.
What does maxila mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemaxilla (upper jawbone)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cada uma das partes da face em que estão inseridos os dentes (no homem, a maxila superior é formada de dois ossos, os maxilares, soldados entre si e aos ossos vizinhos; a maxila inferior constitui-se apenas da mandíbula, articulada ao crânio por um par de côndilos) 2. peça bucal dos insetos e dos crustáceos, chamada também
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 maxila
- maxilas plural
- maxilla alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maxila?
- Brazil /ma.kiˈsi.lɐ/
- Brazil /makˈsi.lɐ/
- Portugal /makˈsi.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maxila
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maxila in Portuguese?
maxila appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).