catrefada
Portuguese, noun/kɐ.tɾɛˈfa.dɐ/
catrefada is spelled C-A-T-R-E-F-A-D-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese, the 211,654th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catrefada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “buttload, truckload” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quantidade de qualquer coisa; multidão, grupo numeroso”.
What does catrefada mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalcolloquialfemininebuttload, truckload
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. quantidade de qualquer coisa; multidão, grupo numeroso
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 catrefada
- catrefadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catrefada?
- Portugal /kɐ.tɾɛˈfa.dɐ/
- Portugal [kɐ.tɾɛˈfa.ðɐ]
- Portugal /kɐ.tɾɛ.ˈfa.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is catrefada in Portuguese?
catrefada appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).