tirolesa
Portuguese, noun/t͡ʃi.ɾoˈle.zɐ/
tirolesa is spelled T-I-R-O-L-E-S-A (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 33,314th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tirolesa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “yodel (song where the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of tirolês. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma de canto que rapidamente intercala a voz normal com o falsete”.
What does tirolesa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of tirolês
- 2
feminineyodel (song where the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto)
- 3
femininezipline, aerial runway, zip-wire (pulley attached to cable mounted on an incline)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of tirolês
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. forma de canto que rapidamente intercala a voz normal com o falsete 2. dança em compasso ternário típica do Tirol de andamento moderado e com o segundo tempo sendo geralmente o mais forte
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 tirolesa
- tirolesas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tirolesa?
- Brazil /t͡ʃi.ɾoˈle.zɐ/
- Portugal /ti.ɾuˈle.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tirolesa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tirolesa in Portuguese?
tirolesa 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).