hulha
Portuguese, noun/ˈu.ʎɐ/
hulha is spelled H-U-L-H-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hulha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “stone coal, mineral coal (black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, used as fuel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “carvão de pedra”.
What does hulha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestone coal, mineral coal (black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, used as fuel)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. carvão de pedra
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 hulha
- hulhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hulha?
- Brazil /ˈu.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /ˈu.ʎɐ/
- Brazil /ˈu.ʎa/ (Região Sul)
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hulha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hulha in Portuguese?
hulha appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).