xaile
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃaj.li/
xaile is spelled X-A-I-L-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Xaile is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shawl; headscarf (cloth worn over the shoulders or head)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grafia alternativa de xale”.
What does xaile mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshawl; headscarf (cloth worn over the shoulders or head)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grafia alternativa de xale
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 xaile
- xailes plural
- xale alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xaile?
- Brazil /ˈʃaj.li/
- Brazil [ˈʃaɪ̯.li]
- Portugal /ˈʃaj.lɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to xaile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is xaile in Portuguese?
xaile appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).