rubéola
Portuguese, noun/ʁuˈbɛw.lɐ/
rubéola is spelled R-U-B-É-O-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rubéola is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rubella (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of rubéolo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença causada pelo vírus da rubéola e transmitida por via respiratória; é geralmente benigna, mas que pode…”.
What does rubéola mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerubella (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of rubéolo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença causada pelo vírus da rubéola e transmitida por via respiratória; é geralmente benigna, mas que pode causar malformações no embrião em infecções de mulheres grávidas
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.
How do you pronounce rubéola?
- Brazil /ʁuˈbɛw.lɐ/
- Brazil [huˈbɛʊ̯.lɐ]
- Brazil /ʁuˈbɛ.o.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 rubéola
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rubéola in Portuguese?
rubéola appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).