vitelo
Portuguese, noun/viˈte.lu/
vitelo is spelled V-I-T-E-L-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vitelo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “calf (young bull)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gema do ovo”.
What does vitelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecalf (young bull)
noun
- 1
masculinevitellus, egg yolk
- 2
Brazilmasculineslangvulgarpenis
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gema do ovo 2. reserva, acúmulo nutritivo do zigoto ou célula-ovo
noun: 1. cria da vaca e do touro
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 vitelo
- vitelos plural
- vitela feminine
- vitelas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vitelo?
- Brazil /viˈte.lu/
- Brazil /viˈtɛ.lu/
- Portugal /viˈte.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vitelo in Portuguese?
vitelo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).