teia
Portuguese, noun/ˈtej.ɐ/
teia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “web; spider web” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de filamentos proteicos produzidos pelas aranhas para construir abrigos e capturar presas”.
What does teia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineweb; spider web
- 2
femininewoof (the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom)
- 3
femininenetwork (any interconnected group or system)
- 4
feminineplot (general course of a story)
noun
- 1
femininetorch
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de filamentos proteicos produzidos pelas aranhas para construir abrigos e capturar presas 2. tecido ou pano feito em tear 3. trama; urdidura 4. rede de ligações por onde circulam as informações entre computadores usando a internete
noun: 1. archote, facho
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 teia
- teias plural
- teya alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce teia?
- Brazil /ˈtej.ɐ/
- Brazil [ˈteɪ̯.ɐ]
- Portugal /ˈtɐj.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to teia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is teia in Portuguese?
teia appears 3.5 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).