dobradiça
Portuguese, noun/do.bɾaˈd͡ʒi.sɐ/
dobradiça is spelled D-O-B-R-A-D-I-Ç-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,634th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dobradiça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hinge (device for the pivoting of a door)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça de metal formada por duas chapas unidas por um eixo comum e sobre o qual gira a porta, janela, etc”.
What does dobradiça mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehinge (device for the pivoting of a door)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça de metal formada por duas chapas unidas por um eixo comum e sobre o qual gira a porta, janela, etc. 2. peixe marinho da espécie Oblada melanura
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 dobradiça
- dobradiças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dobradiça?
- Brazil /do.bɾaˈd͡ʒi.sɐ/
- Portugal /du.bɾɐˈdi.sɐ/
- Portugal [du.βɾɐˈði.sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dobradiça
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dobradiça in Portuguese?
dobradiça appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).