massala

Portuguese, noun/maˈsa.lɐ/

massala is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the fruit of Strychnos spinosa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does massala mean in English?

noun

1
femininethe fruit of Strychnos spinosa

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

Forms of massala

massalas plural
maçala alternative

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

How do you pronounce massala?

Brazil /maˈsa.lɐ/
Portugal /mɐˈsa.lɐ/

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

How common is massala in Portuguese?

massala appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese.

massala0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

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).