alhada
Portuguese, noun/aˈʎa.dɐ/
alhada is spelled A-L-H-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese, the 221,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alhada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “portion of garlic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de alhos”.
What does alhada mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineportion of garlic
- 2
femininegarlic stew
- 3
colloquialfemininepinch, mess (difficult situation)
estar metido numa alhada
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de alhos 2. prato cozinhado com alhos como base 3. situação complicada
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 alhada
- alhadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alhada?
- Brazil /aˈʎa.dɐ/
- Portugal /ɐˈʎa.dɐ/
- Portugal [ɐˈʎa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alhada in Portuguese?
alhada appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).