guedelha
Portuguese, noun/ɡeˈde.ʎɐ/
guedelha is spelled G-U-E-D-E-L-H-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese, the 215,563rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guedelha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “shag (rough, massed hair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cabelo emaranhado”.
What does guedelha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshag (rough, massed hair)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cabelo emaranhado 2. melena, melena do leão 3. fios ou lã enredados, madeixa mal feita
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 guedelha
- guedelhas plural
- gadelha alternative
- gadeia alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guedelha?
- Brazil /ɡeˈde.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /ɡɨˈdɐ(j).ʎɐ/
- Portugal [ɡɨˈðɐ(j).ʎɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guedelha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guedelha in Portuguese?
guedelha appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).