calheta
Portuguese, noun/kaˈʎe.tɐ/
calheta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a narrow bay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena enseada ou baía”.
What does calheta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea narrow bay
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena enseada ou baía 2. angra
noun: 1. município e freguesia portugueses do distrito da Angra do Heroísmo 2. município e freguesia portugueses do distrito do Funchal
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 calheta
- calhetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calheta?
- Brazil /kaˈʎe.tɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈʎe.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is calheta in Portuguese?
calheta appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).