parentela
Portuguese, noun/pa.ɾẽˈtɛ.lɐ/
parentela is spelled P-A-R-E-N-T-E-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parentela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “relatives (people in one’s family)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto dos parentes de alguém”.
What does parentela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerelatives (people in one’s family)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto dos parentes de alguém
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 parentela
- parentelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parentela?
- Brazil /pa.ɾẽˈtɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /pɐ.ɾẽˈtɛ.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is parentela in Portuguese?
parentela appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).