salmonela
Portuguese, noun/saw.moˈnɛ.lɐ/
salmonela is spelled S-A-L-M-O-N-E-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 71,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salmonela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “salmonella (bacterium of the genus Salmonella)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bactéria do gênero Salmonella, causadora de infecções intestinais como a salmonelose”.
What does salmonela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesalmonella (bacterium of the genus Salmonella)
- 2
femininesalmonella (food poisoning caused by that bacteria)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bactéria do gênero Salmonella, causadora de infecções intestinais como a salmonelose
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 salmonela
- salmonelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salmonela?
- Brazil /saw.moˈnɛ.lɐ/
- Brazil [saʊ̯.moˈnɛ.lɐ]
- Portugal /sal.muˈnɛ.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 salmonela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salmonela in Portuguese?
salmonela appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).