viela
Portuguese, noun/viˈɛ.lɐ/
viela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alley (narrow street or passageway)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rua estreita”.
What does viela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealley (narrow street or passageway)
noun
- 1
femininevielle (medieval stringed instrument similar to a violin)
noun
- 1
femininean iron piece of a mill wheel
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rua estreita
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 viela
- vielas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce viela?
- Brazil /viˈɛ.lɐ/
- Brazil /ˈvjɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /viˈɛ.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to viela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is viela in Portuguese?
viela 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).