lodaçal
Portuguese, noun/lo.daˈsaw/
lodaçal is spelled L-O-D-A-Ç-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 135,347th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lodaçal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “wetland, marsh, swamp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar em que há grande quantidade de lodo; atoleiro, lamaçal”.
What does lodaçal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewetland, marsh, swamp
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lugar em que há grande quantidade de lodo; atoleiro, lamaçal 2. lugar degradante, vicioso; ambiente degenerado, decadente
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 lodaçal
- lodaçais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lodaçal?
- Brazil /lo.daˈsaw/
- Brazil [lo.daˈsaʊ̯]
- Portugal /lu.dɐˈsal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lodaçal in Portuguese?
lodaçal appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).