metila
Portuguese, noun
metila is spelled M-E-T-I-L-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 83,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Metila is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard form of metilo (“methyl”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of metilar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “radical univalente CH₃, derivado do metano, que se encontra em numerosos corpos orgânicos”.
What does metila mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilfeminineBrazilian Portuguese standard form of metilo (“methyl”)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. radical univalente CH₃, derivado do metano, que se encontra em numerosos corpos orgânicos 2. cloreto de metila (CH₃Cl): líquido cuja evaporação abaixa a temperatura a -55 °C, e que é empregado em numerosas indústrias e em medicina
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 metila
- metilas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to metila
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is metila in Portuguese?
metila appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).