pérola
Portuguese, noun/ˈpɛ.ɾo.lɐ/
pérola is spelled P-É-R-O-L-A (6 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pérola is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “glóbulo calcário nacarado produzido pelas ostras perlíferas”.
What does pérola mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)
- 2
femininea highly valuable thing or person; a gem
- 3
Brazilfeminineslangfaux pas; blunder
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. glóbulo calcário nacarado produzido pelas ostras perlíferas 2. pessoa bondosa 3. coisa excelente
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Paraná 2. prenome feminino
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo perolar
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 pérola
- pérolas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pérola?
- Brazil /ˈpɛ.ɾo.lɐ/
- Portugal /ˈpɛ.ɾu.lɐ/
- /ˈpɛ.ɾɔ.la/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pérola
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pérola in Portuguese?
pérola appears 6.2 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).