ferradura
Portuguese, noun/fe.ʁaˈdu.ɾɐ/
ferradura is spelled F-E-R-R-A-D-U-R-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferradura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “horseshoe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça de metal, geralmente em formato de U, que se coloca na pata de cavalgadura”.
What does ferradura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehorseshoe
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, geralmente em formato de U, que se coloca na pata de cavalgadura
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 ferradura
- ferraduras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferradura?
- Brazil /fe.ʁaˈdu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [fe.haˈdu.ɾɐ]
- /fe.ʁaˈdu.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 ferradura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ferradura in Portuguese?
ferradura appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).