dalguma
Portuguese, contraction/dawˈɡũ.mɐ/
dalguma is spelled D-A-L-G-U-M-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 162,831st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dalguma is a Portuguese feminine contraction meaning “contraction of de + alguma, literally “of some (feminine singular)”: feminine singular of dalgum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição de com o pronome indefinido alguma”.
What does dalguma mean in English?
contraction
- 1
femininecontraction of de + alguma, literally “of some (feminine singular)”: feminine singular of dalgum
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração da preposição de com o pronome indefinido alguma
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.
How do you pronounce dalguma?
- Brazil /dawˈɡũ.mɐ/
- Brazil [daʊ̯ˈɡũ.mɐ]
- Portugal /dalˈɡu.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dalguma in Portuguese?
dalguma appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).