velas
Portuguese, noun/ˈvɛ.lɐs/
velas is spelled V-E-L-A-S (5 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Velas is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “plural of vela” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “município e freguesia portugueses da região autónoma dos Açores”.
What does velas mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplural of vela
verb
- 1
second-person singular present indicative of velar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município e freguesia portugueses da região autónoma dos Açores
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.
How do you pronounce velas?
- Brazil /ˈvɛ.lɐs/
- /ˈvɛ.lɐʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is velas in Portuguese?
velas appears 12 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).