viola
Portuguese, noun/viˈɔ.lɐ/
viola is spelled V-I-O-L-A (5 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,986th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Viola is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “viola (a bowed instrument larger than a violin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of violar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento musical de corda semelhante ao violino levemente maior e afinado uma quinta abaixo”.
What does viola mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineviola (a bowed instrument larger than a violin)
- 2
feminineviol (a bowed instrument of the violin family held between the legs)
- 3
feminineviola; viola caipira (10-string acoustic guitar used in Brazilian folk music)
- 4
feminineacoustic guitar
- 5
feminineguitarfish (any of the rays in the Rhinobatidae family)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento musical de corda semelhante ao violino levemente maior e afinado uma quinta abaixo 2. o mesmo que guitarra acústica
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo violar
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 viola
- violas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce viola?
- Brazil /viˈɔ.lɐ/
- Brazil /ˈvjɔ.lɐ/
- Portugal /ˈvjɔ.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 viola
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is viola in Portuguese?
viola appears 16 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).