colherada
Portuguese, noun/ko.ʎeˈɾa.dɐ/
colherada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “spoonful (amount a spoon will hold)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “volume, porção, conteúdo de uma colher”.
What does colherada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespoonful (amount a spoon will hold)
- 2
femininea blow with a spoon
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. volume, porção, conteúdo de uma colher 2. intromissão, ato de meter-se numa questão alheia
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 colherada
- colheradas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colherada?
- Brazil /ko.ʎeˈɾa.dɐ/
- Portugal /ku.ʎɨˈɾa.dɐ/
- Portugal [ku.ʎɨˈɾa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colherada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colherada in Portuguese?
colherada appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).