alfanje
Portuguese, noun/awˈfɐ̃.ʒi/
alfanje is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cutlass (European sword with a straight or slightly curved blade)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sabre de lâmina curta e larga, com o fio (gume) no lado convexo da curva”.
What does alfanje mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecutlass (European sword with a straight or slightly curved blade)
- 2
masculinescimitar (Middle Eastern sword with a curved blade)
- 3
masculinescythe (agricultural hand tool with a blade)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sabre de lâmina curta e larga, com o fio (gume) no lado convexo da curva 2. (Regionalismo: Brasil): o mesmo que gadanha ('foice')
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 alfanje
- alfanjes plural
- alfange alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alfanje?
- Brazil /awˈfɐ̃.ʒi/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈfɐ̃.ʒi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alfanje
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alfanje in Portuguese?
alfanje appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).