mealha
Portuguese, noun/meˈa.ʎɐ/
mealha is spelled M-E-A-L-H-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese, the 151,527th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mealha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a mediaeval Portuguese coin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of mealhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “no moinho de água, pedra de rio encaixada numa trave sobre a qual gira o eixo do rodízio”.
What does mealha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea mediaeval Portuguese coin
- 2
femininea coin of little value
- 3
femininea crumb
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
noun: 1. no moinho de água, pedra de rio encaixada numa trave sobre a qual gira o eixo do rodízio
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 mealha
- mealhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mealha?
- Brazil /meˈa.ʎɐ/
- Brazil /miˈa.ʎɐ/
- Brazil /ˈmja.ʎɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mealha in Portuguese?
mealha appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).