empunhadura
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.pũ.ɲaˈdu.ɾɐ/
empunhadura is spelled E-M-P-U-N-H-A-D-U-R-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,059th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empunhadura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “grip; handle; hilt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar por onde se seguram determinadas armas, como o florete”.
What does empunhadura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrip; handle; hilt
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lugar por onde se seguram determinadas armas, como o florete
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 empunhadura
- empunhaduras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empunhadura?
- Brazil /ẽ.pũ.ɲaˈdu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ẽ.pũ.j̃aˈdu.ɾɐ]
- Brazil /ĩ.pũ.ɲaˈdu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empunhadura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empunhadura in Portuguese?
empunhadura 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).