lufa
Portuguese, noun/ˈlu.fɐ/
lufa is spelled L-U-F-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lufa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “gust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of lufar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rajada”.
What does lufa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegust
- 2
femininebustle
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. pessoa idiota
noun: 1. rajada 2. afã, azáfama
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 lufa
- lufas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lufa?
- Brazil /ˈlu.fɐ/
- Portugal /ˈlu.fɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lufa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lufa in Portuguese?
lufa appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).