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ajuda

Portuguese, noun/aˈʒu.dɐ/

ajuda is spelled A-J-U-D-A (5 letters) and appears 251 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 363rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ajuda is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “help, assistance, aid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of ajudar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de ajudar”.

What does ajuda mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininehelp, assistance, aid

    Quer ajuda?

  2. 2

    femininean act of helping or assisting

  3. 3

    femininesomething which helps or assists

  4. 4

    femininehelpfile

interjection

  1. 1

    help (I/we desperately need assistance)

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 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. ato ou efeito de ajudar 2. socorro, auxílio 3. auxílio com apontamento, elucidação ou explicação procedimental que é fornecida junto a aplicação de computador

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 ajuda

  • ajudas plural
  • ajuda! canonical

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ajuda?

  • Brazil /aˈʒu.dɐ/
  • Portugal /ɐˈʒu.dɐ/
  • Portugal [ɐˈʒu.ðɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ajuda

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ajuda in Portuguese?

ajuda appears 251 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).

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