vértebra
Portuguese, noun/ˈvɛʁ.te.bɾɐ/
vértebra is spelled V-É-R-T-E-B-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vértebra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vertebra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cada um dos ossos que compõem a coluna vertebral dos vertebrados”.
What does vértebra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevertebra
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cada um dos ossos que compõem a coluna vertebral dos vertebrados
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 vértebra
- vértebras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vértebra?
- Brazil /ˈvɛʁ.te.bɾɐ/
- Brazil [ˈvɛh.te.bɾɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vértebra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vértebra in Portuguese?
vértebra appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).