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mula

Portuguese, noun

mula is spelled M-U-L-A (4 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,354th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mula is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mule (hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of mulo (“female mule”). With an accent, mulá is a different word: “mullah (a Muslim religious scholar and teacher)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “animal fêmea resultante do cruzamento dum jumento com uma égua”.

What does mula mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemule (hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse)

    Coordinate term: bardoto

  2. 2

    femininerarefemale equivalent of mulo (“female mule”)

  3. 3

    femininea stubborn person

  4. 4

    femininea pile of salt

  5. 5

    femininedrug mule

noun

as mulá
  1. 1

    masculinemullah (a Muslim religious scholar and teacher)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. animal fêmea resultante do cruzamento dum jumento com uma égua 2. indivíduo que faz carregamento de drogas ilícitas, especialmente em viagens internacionais 3. indivíduo burro, idiota, débil mental, que só faz coisa atrapalhada 4. eritema, mancha vermelha na pele das pernas por excessivo calor, por estar perto de mais do lume, murra

noun: 1. homem muçulmano educado na teologia e na lei sagrada islâmica

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 mula

  • mulas plural
  • mulás plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to mula

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mula in Portuguese?

mula appears 2.5 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).

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