ramela
Portuguese, noun/ʁaˈmɛ.lɐ/
ramela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of remela” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of ramelar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “secreção amarelada que se acumula nos cantos dos olhos durante o sono, resultado do ressecamento da lágrima”.
What does ramela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of remela
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. secreção amarelada que se acumula nos cantos dos olhos durante o sono, resultado do ressecamento da lágrima
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 ramela
- ramelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ramela?
- Brazil /ʁaˈmɛ.lɐ/
- Brazil [haˈmɛ.lɐ]
- /ʁaˈmɛ.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 ramela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ramela in Portuguese?
ramela appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).