lha
Portuguese, contraction/ʎa/
lha is spelled L-H-A (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lha is a Portuguese contraction meaning “contraction of lhe + a, literally “it/her to him/her/it”” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração do pronome pessoal lhe com o pronome pessoal ou demonstrativo a”.
What does lha mean in English?
contraction
- 1
contraction of lhe + a, literally “it/her to him/her/it”
- 2
contraction of lhes + a, literally “it/her to them”
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração do pronome pessoal lhe com o pronome pessoal ou demonstrativo a
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.
How do you pronounce lha?
- Brazil /ʎa/
- Portugal /ʎɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lha in Portuguese?
lha 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).