balaclava
Portuguese, noun/ba.laˈkla.vɐ/
balaclava is spelled B-A-L-A-C-L-A-V-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,181st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balaclava is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “balaclava (headgear)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “touca ninja; gorro de lã que cobre toda a cabeça, para proteção contra o frio”.
What does balaclava mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebalaclava (headgear)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. touca ninja; gorro de lã que cobre toda a cabeça, para proteção contra o frio
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 balaclava
- balaclavas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balaclava?
- Brazil /ba.laˈkla.vɐ/
- Portugal /bɐ.lɐˈkla.vɐ/
- Portugal /bɐ.lɐˈkla.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to balaclava
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is balaclava in Portuguese?
balaclava 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).