veia
Portuguese, noun
veia is spelled V-E-I-A (4 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,662nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Veia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a small stream or creek” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, véia is a different word: “female equivalent of véio”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vaso sanguíneo aferente do coração, ou seja, que conduz sangue proveniente do corpo em direção ao coração…”.
What does veia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea small stream or creek
- 2
femininevein (body of minerals distinct from the surrounding rock)
- 3
femininevein (blood vessel that transports blood to the heart)
- 4
femininevein (thickened portion of a leaf)
noun
- 1
femininealternative spelling of véia
adjective
- 1
alternative spelling of véia
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine of véio
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of véio
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vaso sanguíneo aferente do coração, ou seja, que conduz sangue proveniente do corpo em direção ao coração; geralmente, conduz sangue pobre em oxigênio; a exceção é a veia pulmonar, que conduz sangue rico em oxigênio
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 veia
- veias plural
- veya alternative obsolete
- veia alternative
- véias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to veia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is veia in Portuguese?
veia appears 6.0 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).