remela
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈmɛ.lɐ/
remela is spelled R-E-M-E-L-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 114,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Remela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rheum; sleep, eye booger (substance found in the corner of the eyes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of remelar. 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 remela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerheum; sleep, eye booger (substance found in the corner of the eyes)
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 2. reima da sardinha de salmoira
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 remela
- remelas plural
- ramela alternative
- remala alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce remela?
- Brazil /ʁeˈmɛ.lɐ/
- Brazil [heˈmɛ.lɐ]
- /ʁeˈmɛ.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 remela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is remela in Portuguese?
remela 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).