leitelho
Portuguese, noun/lejˈte.ʎu/
leitelho is spelled L-E-I-T-E-L-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 117,162nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leitelho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “buttermilk (liquid left over after producing butter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does leitelho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebuttermilk (liquid left over after producing butter)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of leitelho
- leitelhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leitelho?
- Brazil /lejˈte.ʎu/
- Brazil [leɪ̯ˈte.ʎu]
- Portugal /lɐjˈtɐ(j).ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to leitelho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leitelho in Portuguese?
leitelho appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).