vaselina

• vasellina

Internationalism. See English vaseline.

• IPA^(key): /va.zeˈli.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: va‧se‧lì‧na

vaselina f (plural vaseline)

1. vaseline, petroleum jelly, petrolatum

   Synonym: petrolato

• lesinava

Internationalism. See English vaseline and French vaseline.

• Hyphenation: va‧se‧li‧na

vaselina f (plural vaselinas)

1. vaseline, petroleum jelly, petrolatum

   Synonyms: gelatina de petróleo, petrolato

vaselina m or f by sense (plural vaselinas)

1. (figurative, colloquial) people pleaser

vaselina m (plural vaselinas)

1. (handball) lob, chip

• “vaselina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vaselina”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “vaselina”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “vaselina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Internationalism. See English vaseline.

• IPA^(key): /baseˈlina/ [ba.seˈli.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: va‧se‧li‧na

vaselina f (plural vaselinas)

1. vaseline, petroleum jelly, petrolatum

   Synonym: petrolato

2. (soccer) lob, chip

   Synonym: globo

• “vaselina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025