rua
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁu.ɐ/
rua is spelled R-U-A (3 letters) and appears 224 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rua is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “street; road (paved path)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of ruar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “na cidade, via que serve para o trânsito de veículos”.
What does rua mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestreet; road (paved path)
Eu moro na rua da Igreja.
- 2
femininestreets (urban areas outside buildings)
O mendigo mora na rua.
interjection
- 1
out! (strong, impolite demand for someone to leave)
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
interjection: 1. fora!, gire! - ordem enérgica para deixar o recinto onde se está
noun: 1. na cidade, via que serve para o trânsito de veículos 2. os moradores de uma rua 3. renque, correnteza 4. a massa, o povo, a sociedade como um todo
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 rua
- ruas plural
- rua! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rua?
- Brazil /ˈʁu.ɐ/
- Brazil [ˈhu.ɐ]
- /ˈʁu.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rua
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rua in Portuguese?
rua appears 224 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).