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parcela

Portuguese, noun/paʁˈsɛ.lɐ/

parcela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “small part, portion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of parcelar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena parte”.

What does parcela mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesmall part, portion

  2. 2

    feminineinstalment

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 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. pequena parte 2. numa soma, cada um dos elementos somados 3. subdivisão de um pagamento

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 parcela

  • parcelas plural

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

How do you pronounce parcela?

  • Brazil /paʁˈsɛ.lɐ/
  • Brazil [pahˈsɛ.lɐ]
  • /paɾˈsɛ.lɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to parcela

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

How common is parcela in Portuguese?

parcela appears 14 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).