prequela
Portuguese, noun/pɾeˈkwɛ.lɐ/
prequela is spelled P-R-E-Q-U-E-L-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 114,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prequela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “prequel (in a series of works, an instalment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “obra narrativa que retrata um enredo que se passa do ponto de vista da cronologia narrativa anteriormente ao…”.
What does prequela mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprequel (in a series of works, an instalment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. obra narrativa que retrata um enredo que se passa do ponto de vista da cronologia narrativa anteriormente ao de uma obra previamente criada
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 prequela
- prequelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prequela?
- Brazil /pɾeˈkwɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /pɾɨˈkwɛ.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 prequela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prequela in Portuguese?
prequela appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).