àquela
Portuguese, contraction
àquela is spelled À-Q-U-E-L-A (6 letters) and appears 191 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 489th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Àquela is a Portuguese feminine contraction meaning “contraction of a + aquela, literally “to that (feminine)”: feminine singular of àquele” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, aquela is a different word: “feminine singular of aquele”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição a com o pronome demonstrativo aquela”.
What does àquela mean in English?
contraction
- 1
femininecontraction of a + aquela, literally “to that (feminine)”: feminine singular of àquele
determiner
- 1
femininefeminine singular of aquele
pronoun
- 1
femininefeminine singular of aquele
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
pronoun: 1. pessoa, animal ou coisa, de gênero feminino, que está distante de quem fala e de quem ouve, por oposição a esta e a essa
contraction: 1. contração da preposição a com o pronome demonstrativo aquela
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 àquela
- aaquela alternative
- aquella alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to àquela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is àquela in Portuguese?
àquela appears 191 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).