portela
Portuguese, noun/poʁˈtɛ.lɐ/
portela is spelled P-O-R-T-E-L-A (7 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,972nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Portela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “small door” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “passagem estreita entre montanhas”.
What does portela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmall door
- 2
femininenarrow passageway between mountains
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. passagem estreita entre montanhas 2. curva fechada num caminho
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 portela
- portelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce portela?
- Brazil /poʁˈtɛ.lɐ/
- Brazil [pohˈtɛ.lɐ]
- /poɾˈtɛ.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is portela in Portuguese?
portela appears 6.6 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).