polia
Portuguese, noun/poˈli.ɐ/
polia is spelled P-O-L-I-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pulley” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of polir. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “roda para correia transmissora de movimento”.
What does polia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepulley
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of polir
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. roda para correia transmissora de movimento
noun: 1. designação comum a diversas espécies de besouros da família dos dermestídeos, subcosmopolita, cujas larvas se criam em substâncias orgânicas, especialmente em couro, toucinho e peles; polilha, punilha
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 polia
- polias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polia?
- Brazil /poˈli.ɐ/
- Portugal /puˈli.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to polia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polia in Portuguese?
polia appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).