tuia
Portuguese, noun/ˈtuj.ɐ/
tuia is spelled T-U-I-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 122,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tuia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “thuja; arborvitae (any tree of the genus Thuja)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome vulgar de várias plantas do género Thuja”.
What does tuia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethuja; arborvitae (any tree of the genus Thuja)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome vulgar de várias plantas do género Thuja 2. porção ou nome de coisas reunidas 3. tulha 4. ruma
noun: 1. homem de lavoura na antiga Índia Portuguesa
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 tuia
- tuias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tuia?
- Brazil /ˈtuj.ɐ/
- Brazil [ˈtuɪ̯.ɐ]
- Portugal /ˈtuj.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tuia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tuia in Portuguese?
tuia appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).