calhar
Portuguese, verb/kaˈʎa(ʁ)/
calhar is spelled C-A-L-H-A-R (6 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,325th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to fit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “entrar na calha, no carril”.
What does calhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fit
- 2
to occur; to happen
- 3
to fall, to occur
O dia de natal calha a um domingo.
- 4
to agree (with); to match
Essa camisa não calha com o teu estilo.
- 5
to be appropriate; to be convenient
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. entrar na calha, no carril 2. entrar à justa, encaixar 3. coincidir, convir, ser adequado 4. acontecer
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 calhar
- calho first-person present singular
- calhei first-person preterite singular
- calhado participle past
- calhares infinitive second-person singular
- calharmos first-person infinitive plural
- calhardes infinitive plural second-person
- calharem infinitive plural third-person
- calhando gerund
- calhados masculine participle past
- calhada feminine participle past
- calhadas feminine participle past
- calhas indicative present second-person
- calha indicative present singular
- calhamos first-person indicative plural
- calhais indicative plural present
- calham indicative plural present
- calhava first-person imperfect indicative
- calhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calhar?
- Brazil /kaˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kaˈʎa(h)]
- /kaˈʎa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is calhar in Portuguese?
calhar appears 6.3 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).