delle
Portuguese, contraction
delle is spelled D-E-L-L-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,402nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delle is a Portuguese contraction meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of dele” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does delle mean in English?
contraction
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pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of dele
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common is delle in Portuguese?
delle appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).