perla
Portuguese, noun/ˈpɛʁ.lɐ/
perla is spelled P-E-R-L-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,963rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perla is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “glóbulo calcário nacarado produzido pelas ostras perlíferas”.
What does perla mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepall
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prenome feminino
noun: 1. glóbulo calcário nacarado produzido pelas ostras perlíferas
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo perlar
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 perla
- perlas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perla?
- Brazil /ˈpɛʁ.lɐ/
- Brazil [ˈpɛɦ.lɐ]
- /ˈpɛɾ.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 perla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perla in Portuguese?
perla appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).