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sequela

Portuguese, noun

sequela is spelled S-E-Q-U-E-L-A (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sequela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sequela (condition caused by an earlier disease or problem)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a diaeresis, seqüela is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. With an accent, seqùela is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of sequela”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “consequência adversa após acidente ou intervenção malsucedida”.

What does sequela mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesequela (condition caused by an earlier disease or problem)

  2. 2

    feminineconsequence; effect

  3. 3

    femininesequence; series; string

  4. 4

    femininesequel (a following release in a series of films, books etc.)

  5. 5

    feminineentourage (retinue of attendants, associates or followers)

noun

as seqüela
  1. 1

    femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of sequela; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling

noun

as seqùela
  1. 1

    femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of sequela

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. consequência adversa após acidente ou intervenção malsucedida 2. obra narrativa que retrata um enredo que se passa do ponto de vista da cronologia narrativa posteriormente ao tempo de uma obra previamente criada

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 sequela

  • sequelas plural
  • seqüela alternative
  • seqùela alternative
  • seqüelas plural
  • seqùelas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to sequela

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is sequela in Portuguese?

sequela appears 1.0 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).

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