apanha
Portuguese, verb/aˈpɐ̃.ɲɐ/
apanha is spelled A-P-A-N-H-A (6 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apanha is a Portuguese verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does apanha mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de apanhar 2. colheita de certos frutos
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.
How do you pronounce apanha?
- Brazil /aˈpɐ̃.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [aˈpɐ̃.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /ɐˈpɐ.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is apanha in Portuguese?
apanha appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).