opera
Portuguese, noun
opera is spelled O-P-E-R-A (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,991st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opera is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ópera” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of operar. With an accent, ópera is a different word: “opera”.
What does opera mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ópera
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
feminineopera
- 2
feminineopera house
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. drama teatral quase inteiramente cantado com acompanhamento de orquestra
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 opera
- operas plural
- óperas plural
- opera alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to opera
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is opera in Portuguese?
opera appears 11 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).