caleche
Portuguese, noun/kaˈlɛ.ʃi/
caleche is spelled C-A-L-E-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caleche is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “calèche” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “carruagem de dois assentos, puxada por uma parelha de cavalos”.
What does caleche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecalèche
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. carruagem de dois assentos, puxada por uma parelha de cavalos
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 caleche
- caleches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caleche?
- Brazil /kaˈlɛ.ʃi/
- Portugal /kaˈlɛ.ʃɨ/
- Portugal /kaˈlɛt.ʃɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caleche in Portuguese?
caleche appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).