roleta
Portuguese, noun/ʁoˈle.tɐ/
roleta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “roulette wheel (slotted wheel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of roletar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “jogo de azar, muito comum em casinos (vide imagem 1)”.
What does roleta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineroulette wheel (slotted wheel)
- 2
feminineroulette (game of chance played with a roulette wheel)
- 3
Brazilfeminineturnstile (rotating mechanical device)
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. jogo de azar, muito comum em casinos (vide imagem 1) 2. espécie de "portão" que permite a passagem de apenas uma pessoa por vez permitindo o controle de acesso a ambientes restritos (vide imagem 2)
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 roleta
- roletas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roleta?
- Brazil /ʁoˈle.tɐ/
- Brazil [hoˈle.tɐ]
- /ʁoˈle.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to roleta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is roleta in Portuguese?
roleta appears 1.7 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).