alfafa
Portuguese, noun/awˈfa.fɐ/
alfafa is spelled A-L-F-A-F-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alfafa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alfalfa (Medicago sativa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “Medicago sativa, planta normalmente utilizada como alimento para animais”.
What does alfafa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealfalfa (Medicago sativa)
- 2
femininemedick (any plant of the genus Medicago)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Medicago sativa, planta normalmente utilizada como alimento para animais
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 alfafa
- alfafas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alfafa?
- Brazil /awˈfa.fɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈfa.fɐ]
- Portugal /alˈfa.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 alfafa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alfafa in Portuguese?
alfafa appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).