alufá
Portuguese, noun/a.luˈfa/
alufá is spelled A-L-U-F-Á (5 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese, the 233,859th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alufá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Muslim Afro-Brazilian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does alufá mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineMuslim Afro-Brazilian
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of alufá
- alufás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alufá?
- Brazil /a.luˈfa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alufá in Portuguese?
alufá appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).