coxilha
Portuguese, noun/koˈʃi.ʎɐ/
coxilha is spelled C-O-X-I-L-H-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coxilha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vast expanse of land marked by a succession of hills and covered by vegetation that serves as pasture for animals, characteristic landscape…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planície com pequenas elevações arredondadas, típica dos pampas”.
What does coxilha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevast expanse of land marked by a succession of hills and covered by vegetation that serves as pasture for animals, characteristic landscape of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul
noun: 1. planície com pequenas elevações arredondadas, típica dos pampas.
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 coxilha
- coxilhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coxilha?
- Brazil /koˈʃi.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /kuˈʃi.ʎɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is coxilha in Portuguese?
coxilha 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).