aldraba
Portuguese, noun/awˈdɾa.bɐ/
aldraba is spelled A-L-D-R-A-B-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aldraba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “doorknocker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of aldrabar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tranqueta de ferro com que se fecha a porta”.
What does aldraba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedoorknocker
- 2
femininelatch
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
noun: 1. tranqueta de ferro com que se fecha a porta 2. peça metálica para bater às portas
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 aldraba
- aldrabas plural
- aldrava alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aldraba?
- Brazil /awˈdɾa.bɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈdɾa.bɐ]
- Portugal /alˈdɾa.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aldraba in Portuguese?
aldraba appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).