suaíli
Portuguese, noun/su.aˈi.li/
suaíli is spelled S-U-A-Í-L-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suaíli is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Swahili (a language of Eastern Africa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo dos suaílis, um povo da África”.
What does suaíli mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSwahili (a language of Eastern Africa)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineof the Swahili language
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo aos suaílis
noun: 1. indivíduo dos suaílis, um povo da África
noun: 1. língua africana que pertence ao subgrupo sabaki das línguas banto
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 suaíli
- suaíle alternative
- suahíli alternative
- swahili alternative
- suaílis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suaíli?
- Brazil /su.aˈi.li/
- Brazil /swaˈi.li/
- Portugal /swaˈi.li/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is suaíli in Portuguese?
suaíli appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).