alça
Portuguese, noun/ˈaw.sɐ/
alça is spelled A-L-Ç-A (4 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,255th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a semicircular handle, such as the bail of a bucket and the handles of bags and purses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of alçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “presilha ou puxadeira para levantar alguma coisa”.
What does alça mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea semicircular handle, such as the bail of a bucket and the handles of bags and purses
- 2
feminineshoulder strap (in clothes, the strap that goes over the shoulder)
- 3
femininea part of an organ that forms an arc (mostly in the intestines and blood vessels)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 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
abbreviation: 1. Área de Livre Comércio das Américas
noun: 1. presilha ou puxadeira para levantar alguma coisa 2. suspensório 3. pedaço de sola que os sapateiros põem sobre a forma de sapatos para a tornar mais alta 4. peça móvel e graduada para variar, segundo o afastamento do alvo, o ângulo que a arma faz com a linha de mira
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 alça
- alças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alça?
- Brazil /ˈaw.sɐ/
- Brazil [ˈaʊ̯.sɐ]
- Portugal /ˈal.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alça
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alça in Portuguese?
alça appears 1.7 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).