lentilha
Portuguese, noun/lẽˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/
lentilha is spelled L-E-N-T-I-L-H-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 63,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lentilha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lentil (plant Lens culinaris)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta herbácea da família das leguminosas com sementes comestíveis cujo nome científico é Lens culinaris”.
What does lentilha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelentil (plant Lens culinaris)
- 2
femininelentil bean
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta herbácea da família das leguminosas com sementes comestíveis cujo nome científico é Lens culinaris 2. lentilheira 3. a semente dessa planta 4. pústula maligna
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 lentilha
- lentilhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lentilha?
- Brazil /lẽˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /lẽˈti.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /lẽ.ˈti.ʎɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lentilha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lentilha in Portuguese?
lentilha 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).