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jarra

Portuguese, noun/ˈʒa.ʁɐ/

jarra is spelled J-A-R-R-A (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jarra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “jug; ewer; pitcher (deep vessel for holding liquids)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vaso para flores ou para ornato”.

What does jarra mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininejug; ewer; pitcher (deep vessel for holding liquids)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. vaso para flores ou para ornato 2. vaso para água 3. gomil; jarro 4. velho ridículo, que se veste mal

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 jarra

  • jarras plural
  • jarro alternative

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

How do you pronounce jarra?

  • Brazil /ˈʒa.ʁɐ/
  • Brazil [ˈʒa.hɐ]
  • /ˈʒa.ʁɐ/

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

English words that translate to jarra

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

How common is jarra in Portuguese?

jarra appears 1.3 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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