gaita de foles
Portuguese, noun
gaita de foles is spelled G-A-I-T-A-D-E-F-O-L-E-S (12 letters). Gaita de foles is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bagpipes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, gaita-de-foles is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of gaita de foles; still used…”.
What does gaita de foles mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebagpipes
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of gaita de foles; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. instrumento da família dos aerofones, composto de pelo menos um tubo melódico e dum insuflador mediado por uma válvula, ambos ligados a um reservatório de ar
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 gaita de foles
- gaitas de foles plural
- gaita-de-foles alternative
- gaita de fole alternative Brazil
- gaitas-de-foles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gaita de foles
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.