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borrada

Portuguese, noun/boˈʁa.dɐ/

borrada is spelled B-O-R-R-A-D-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,243rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Borrada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rubbish, trash, mess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of borrado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “caca, fezes”.

What does borrada mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininerubbish, trash, mess

    A sala está uma enorme borrada.

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of borrado

verb

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of borrado

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. a falar do eira quando está coberta de pasta de bosta para facilitar nela a malha

noun: 1. caca, fezes 2. tolice, insensatez, desatino

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 borrada

  • borradas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce borrada?

  • Brazil /boˈʁa.dɐ/
  • Brazil [boˈha.dɐ]
  • /boˈʁa.dɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is borrada in Portuguese?

borrada 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).

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