malga
Portuguese, noun/ˈmaw.ɡɐ/
malga is spelled M-A-L-G-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 119,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bowl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de tigela de forma semiesférica”.
What does malga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebowl
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de tigela de forma semiesférica 2. conteúdo de este recipiente
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 malga
- malgas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malga?
- Brazil /ˈmaw.ɡɐ/
- Brazil [ˈmaʊ̯.ɡɐ]
- Portugal /ˈmal.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malga in Portuguese?
malga appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).