messalina
Portuguese, noun/me.saˈlĩ.nɐ/
messalina is spelled M-E-S-S-A-L-I-N-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 109,086th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Messalina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “slut (sexually promiscuous woman)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prostituta”.
What does messalina mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslut (sexually promiscuous woman)
- 2
femininewhore (female prostitute)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prostituta
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 messalina
- messalinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce messalina?
- Brazil /me.saˈlĩ.nɐ/
- Portugal /mɨ.sɐˈli.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is messalina in Portuguese?
messalina appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).