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flecha

Portuguese, noun/ˈflɛ.ʃɐ/

flecha is spelled F-L-E-C-H-A (6 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,197th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flecha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “arrow (projectile)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “arma longa, fina, geralmente pontiaguda, lançada por um arco, com penas na traseira para controlar o voo”.

What does flecha mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininearrow (projectile)

  2. 2

    femininearrow (symbol)

  3. 3

    femininespire

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. arma longa, fina, geralmente pontiaguda, lançada por um arco, com penas na traseira para controlar o voo 2. sinal feito ao estilo de uma flecha¹

noun: 1. constelação boreal, que tem forma de flecha

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 flecha

  • flechas plural
  • frecha alternative dialectal obsolete

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

How do you pronounce flecha?

  • Brazil /ˈflɛ.ʃɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈflɛ.ʃɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈflɛt.ʃɐ/

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

English words that translate to flecha

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is flecha in Portuguese?

flecha appears 5.0 times per 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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