almôndega
Portuguese, noun/awˈmõ.de.ɡɐ/
almôndega is spelled A-L-M-Ô-N-D-E-G-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 79,437th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Almôndega is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “meatball (ball of minced meat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bolinho esférico de carne moída”.
What does almôndega mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemeatball (ball of minced meat)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bolinho esférico de carne moída
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 almôndega
- almôndegas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce almôndega?
- Brazil /awˈmõ.de.ɡɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈmõ.de.ɡɐ]
- Portugal /alˈmõ.dɨ.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to almôndega
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is almôndega in Portuguese?
almôndega appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).