rola
Portuguese, noun
rola is spelled R-O-L-A (4 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rola is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a dove of the genus Streptopelia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of rolar. With an accent, rôla is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena ave da família dos columbídeos, semelhante à pomba”.
What does rola mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea dove of the genus Streptopelia
um ninho de rolas
- 2
feminineEutinobothrus brasiliensis, a beetle inhabiting most of the Brazilian territory
- 3
Brazilfemininevulgarpenis
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of rola
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena ave da família dos columbídeos, semelhante à pomba 2. pênis
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 rola
- rolas plural
- rôla alternative
- rôlas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is rola in Portuguese?
rola appears 12 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).