joelhada
Portuguese, noun/ʒo.eˈʎa.dɐ/
joelhada is spelled J-O-E-L-H-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,402nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Joelhada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “kneeing (a strike or blow with the knee)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of joelhado.
What does joelhada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekneeing (a strike or blow with the knee)
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of joelhado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of joelhada
- joelhadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce joelhada?
- Brazil /ʒo.eˈʎa.dɐ/
- Portugal /ʒwɨˈʎa.dɐ/
- Portugal [ʒwɨˈʎa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to joelhada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is joelhada in Portuguese?
joelhada appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).