balela
Portuguese, noun/baˈlɛ.lɐ/
balela is spelled B-A-L-E-L-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “falácia, sofisma, bobagem”.
What does balela mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslanglie
- 2
feminineslangnonsense talk
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. falácia, sofisma, bobagem 2. algo sem sentido ou sem fundamentação racional
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 balela
- balelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balela?
- Brazil /baˈlɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /bɐˈlɛ.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is balela in Portuguese?
balela appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).