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carvalha

Portuguese, noun/kaʁˈva.ʎɐ/

carvalha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “English oak (Quercus robur, a tree of Europe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does carvalha mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineEnglish oak (Quercus robur, a tree of Europe)

  2. 2

    femininesmall oak

  3. 3

    femininean oak grove

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

Forms of carvalha

  • carvalhas plural

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

How do you pronounce carvalha?

  • Brazil /kaʁˈva.ʎɐ/
  • Brazil [kaɦˈva.ʎɐ]
  • /kaɾˈva.ʎɐ/

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

How common is carvalha in Portuguese?

carvalha appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).