sentinela
Portuguese, noun/sẽ.t͡ʃiˈnɛ.lɐ/
sentinela is spelled S-E-N-T-I-N-E-L-A (9 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,561st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sentinela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sentinel, sentry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “soldado que está de vigia ou guardando um posto, um acampamento, um monumento, etc”.
What does sentinela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinesentinel, sentry
- 2
femininemasculineguard, warder
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. soldado que está de vigia ou guardando um posto, um acampamento, um monumento, etc 2. indivíduo que guarda ou vela sobre algo 3. ato de guardar, vigiar ou espiar 4. árvore, castelo ou coisa elevada, em sitio descampado ou ermo
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 sentinela
- sentinelas plural
- sentinella alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sentinela?
- Brazil /sẽ.t͡ʃiˈnɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /sẽ.tiˈnɛ.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 sentinela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sentinela in Portuguese?
sentinela appears 1.9 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).