cavilha
Portuguese, noun/kaˈvi.ʎɐ/
cavilha is spelled C-A-V-I-L-H-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cavilha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dowel, peg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prego grande”.
What does cavilha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedowel, peg
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prego grande 2. peça de madeira ou de metal para juntar ou segurar madeiras, chapas, etc.
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 cavilha
- cavilhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cavilha?
- Brazil /kaˈvi.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈvi.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈbi.ʎɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cavilha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cavilha in Portuguese?
cavilha appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).