alfavaca
Portuguese, noun/aw.faˈva.kɐ/
alfavaca is spelled A-L-F-A-V-A-C-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alfavaca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “basil (plant or culinary herb)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “Ocimum basilicum, planta aromática da família das Labiadas”.
What does alfavaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebasil (plant or culinary herb)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ocimum basilicum, planta aromática da família das Labiadas 2. Andryala integrifolia, planta anual da família das Chicoráceas, nativa da Europa meridional; de talo erguido, flores amarelas ou amarelas pálidas, tomento branco e mole, e vilosidade glandulosa nos invólucros
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 alfavaca
- alfavacas plural
- alfabaca alternative
- alfádega alternative
- alfávega alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alfavaca?
- Brazil /aw.faˈva.kɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.faˈva.kɐ]
- Portugal /al.fɐˈva.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alfavaca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alfavaca in Portuguese?
alfavaca appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).