mãozada

Portuguese, noun/ˈmɐ̃w̃.za.dɐ/

mãozada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “handful (amount held in a hand)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does mãozada mean in English?

noun

1
femininehandful (amount held in a hand)
2
feminineslap (blow given with the open hand)
3
femininehand grasp

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of mãozada

mãozadas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mãozada?

Brazil /ˈmɐ̃w̃.za.dɐ/
Brazil [ˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃.za.dɐ]
Portugal /ˈmɐ̃w̃.zɐ.dɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is mãozada in Portuguese?

mãozada appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese.

mãozada0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Portuguesemore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).