lambança
Portuguese, noun/lɐ̃ˈbɐ̃.sɐ/
lambança is spelled L-A-M-B-A-N-Ç-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lambança is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que se come lambendo, sujando o rosto”.
What does lambança mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemess
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o que se come lambendo, sujando o rosto 2. bagunça 3. erro 4. trabalho malfeito
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 lambança
- lambanças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lambança?
- Brazil /lɐ̃ˈbɐ̃.sɐ/
- Portugal /lɐ̃ˈbɐ̃.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lambança in Portuguese?
lambança appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).