carvalheira
Portuguese, noun/kaʁ.vaˈʎe(j).ɾɐ/
carvalheira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “English oak (Quercus robur, a tree of Europe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno carvalho”.
What does carvalheira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineEnglish oak (Quercus robur, a tree of Europe)
- 2
femininesmall oak
- 3
femininean oak grove
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequeno carvalho 2. bosque onde crescem carvalhos, carvalhal
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 carvalheira
- carvalheiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carvalheira?
- Brazil /kaʁ.vaˈʎe(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [kaɦ.vaˈʎe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- /kaɾ.vaˈʎe(j).ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carvalheira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carvalheira in Portuguese?
carvalheira appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).