medula
Portuguese, noun/meˈdu.lɐ/
medula is spelled M-E-D-U-L-A (6 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,032nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Medula is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “marrow (substance inside bones)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância mole contida no interior dos ossos”.
What does medula mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemarrow (substance inside bones)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância mole contida no interior dos ossos 2. feixe nervoso que passa na coluna vertebral, medula espinal 3. tecido mole no centro de caules lignificados ou lenhosos 4. aquela parte íntima, âmago, essência, núcleo, parte central, cerne
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 medula
- medulas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce medula?
- Brazil /meˈdu.lɐ/
- Portugal /mɨˈdu.lɐ/
- Portugal [mɨˈðu.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 medula
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is medula in Portuguese?
medula appears 4.6 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).