alfa
Portuguese, noun/ˈaw.fɐ/
alfa is spelled A-L-F-A (4 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alfa is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alpha (the name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “primeira letra do alfabeto grego, representada pelo símbolos α, Α”.
What does alfa mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealpha (the name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta)
- 2
masculinethe beginning; the origin of something
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. primeira letra do alfabeto grego, representada pelo símbolos α, Α
noun: 1. labareda de fogo 2. ar quente
noun: 1. rego para sementeira 2. marco entre propriedades; limite, fronteira
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 alfa
- alfas plural
- alpha alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alfa?
- Brazil /ˈaw.fɐ/
- Brazil [ˈaʊ̯.fɐ]
- Portugal /ˈal.fɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alfa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alfa in Portuguese?
alfa appears 10 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).