aletria
Portuguese, noun/a.leˈtɾi.ɐ/
aletria is spelled A-L-E-T-R-I-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aletria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vermicelli” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “massa de farinha de trigo que é uma espécie de macarrão”.
What does aletria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevermicelli
- 2
femininea kind of Christmas dessert
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. massa de farinha de trigo que é uma espécie de macarrão
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 aletria
- aletrias plural
- letria alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aletria?
- Brazil /a.leˈtɾi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.lɨˈtɾi.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 aletria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aletria in Portuguese?
aletria appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).