cambalhota
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃.baˈʎɔ.tɐ/
cambalhota is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “roll” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cambalhotar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de rolar o corpo para frente ou para trás sobre uma superfície”.
What does cambalhota mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineroll
- 2
femininesomersault
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de rolar o corpo para frente ou para trás sobre uma superfície 2. giro do corpo no ar para frente ou para trás 3. ato de fazer sexo
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 cambalhota
- cambalhotas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cambalhota?
- Brazil /kɐ̃.baˈʎɔ.tɐ/
- Portugal /kɐ̃.bɐˈʎɔ.tɐ/
- Portugal /kɐ̃.bɐ.ˈʎɔ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cambalhota
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cambalhota in Portuguese?
cambalhota 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).