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esfirra

Portuguese, noun/isˈfi.ʁɐ/

esfirra is spelled E-S-F-I-R-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 148,558th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esfirra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sfiha (an Arab pizza-like dish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “salgado assado ao fogo feito de disco pequeno chato de farinha de trigo coberto por ingredientes culinários”.

What does esfirra mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesfiha (an Arab pizza-like dish)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. salgado assado ao fogo feito de disco pequeno chato de farinha de trigo coberto por ingredientes culinários 2. órgão sexual feminino, vagina

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 esfirra

  • esfirras plural
  • esfiha alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce esfirra?

  • Brazil /isˈfi.ʁɐ/
  • Brazil [isˈfi.hɐ]
  • Brazil /esˈfi.ʁɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is esfirra in Portuguese?

esfirra appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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