nela
Portuguese, contraction/ˈnɛ.lɐ/
nela is spelled N-E-L-A (4 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,924th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nela is a Portuguese feminine contraction meaning “contraction of em + ela, literally “in her”: feminine singular of nele” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração aforística da preposição em com o pronome pessoal ela”.
What does nela mean in English?
contraction
- 1
femininecontraction of em + ela, literally “in her”: feminine singular of nele
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração aforística da preposição em com o pronome pessoal ela
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 nela
- nella alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nela?
- Brazil /ˈnɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /ˈnɛ.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nela in Portuguese?
nela appears 49 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).