nervura
Portuguese, noun/neʁˈvu.ɾɐ/
nervura is spelled N-E-R-V-U-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 103,739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nervura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vein (vein-like salience on a surface)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cada um dos feixes de tecido vascular (xilema e floema) que percorrem o limbo das folhas, ou outros órgãos…”.
What does nervura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevein (vein-like salience on a surface)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cada um dos feixes de tecido vascular (xilema e floema) que percorrem o limbo das folhas, ou outros órgãos foliáceos 2. cada uma das saliências espessadas existentes na asa dos insetos, que dão sustentação à membrana que a constitui 3. moldura em quinas de pedras, arestas de abóbada etc. 4. saliência corrida em superfície sólida
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 nervura
- nervuras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nervura?
- Brazil /neʁˈvu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [neɦˈvu.ɾɐ]
- /neɾˈvu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nervura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nervura in Portuguese?
nervura appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).