roldana
Portuguese, noun/ʁowˈdɐ̃.nɐ/
roldana is spelled R-O-L-D-A-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roldana is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pulley (simple machine used to lift heavy objects)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “disco girante com uma ranhura ou sulco na periferia, por onde passa um cabo, corda ou corrente, geralmente…”.
What does roldana mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepulley (simple machine used to lift heavy objects)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. disco girante com uma ranhura ou sulco na periferia, por onde passa um cabo, corda ou corrente, geralmente usado para levantar pesos
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 roldana
- roldanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roldana?
- Brazil /ʁowˈdɐ̃.nɐ/
- Brazil [hoʊ̯ˈdɐ̃.nɐ]
- /ʁowˈdɐ̃.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to roldana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is roldana in Portuguese?
roldana appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).