vila
Portuguese, noun
vila is spelled V-I-L-A (4 letters) and appears 83 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,168th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vila is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “town” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, vilã is a different word: “female equivalent of vilão”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “povoação de tamanho intermédio entre aldeia e cidade”.
What does vila mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetown
- 2
femininecountry house
- 3
Brazilcolloquialfemininea low-class residential area, like row houses, but in a self-managed community around a cul-de-sac
- 4
colloquialfeminineslum
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of vilão
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of vilão
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. povoação de tamanho intermédio entre aldeia e cidade 2. casa de campo 3. divisão administrativa de uma cidade
noun: 1. forma feminina de vilão 2. a antagonista em um livro, filme, ou outra peça literária
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 vila
- vilas plural
- villa alternative
- vilãs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vila
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vila in Portuguese?
vila appears 83 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).