tela
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɛ.lɐ/
tela is spelled T-E-L-A (4 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,924th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “canvas (piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of telar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tecido de lã, linho, seda, etc”.
What does tela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecanvas (piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint)
- 2
femininepainting (an illustration or artwork using paint)
- 3
femininescreen (viewing area of a movie, slide presentation, etc.)
- 4
femininecinema
- 5
Brazilfemininescreen (viewing area of electronic output devices)
- 6
femininea very thin tissue
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tecido de lã, linho, seda, etc. 2. pano grosso sobre o qual se pintam os quadros 3. quadro branco onde se projetam imagens fixas ou animadas 4. local onde são exibidas as imagens de monitor de TV ou computador
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo telar
noun: 1. prenome feminino
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 tela
- telas plural
- telinha diminutive
- telona augmentative
- telão augmentative masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tela?
- Brazil /ˈtɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /ˈtɛ.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 tela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tela in Portuguese?
tela appears 49 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).