enchova
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈʃo.vɐ/
enchova is spelled E-N-C-H-O-V-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese, the 255,764th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enchova is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of anchova” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixes diversos da família Engraulidae recebem este nome”.
What does enchova mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of anchova
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixes diversos da família Engraulidae recebem este nome
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 enchova
- enchovas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enchova?
- Brazil /ẽˈʃo.vɐ/
- Brazil /ĩˈʃo.vɐ/
- Portugal /ẽˈʃo.vɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enchova
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enchova in Portuguese?
enchova appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).