gândara
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡɐ̃.da.ɾɐ/
gândara is spelled G-Â-N-D-A-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gândara is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sandy and sterile land” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “charneca, terra arenosa, inculta, estéril”.
What does gândara mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesandy and sterile land
- 2
feminineunpopulated terrain covered by wild plants
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. charneca, terra arenosa, inculta, estéril 2. terreno despovoado, mas coberto de plantas agrestes
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 gândara
- gândaras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gândara?
- Brazil /ˈɡɐ̃.da.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /ˈɡɐ̃.dɐ.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gândara in Portuguese?
gândara appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).