metralhada
Portuguese, noun/me.tɾaˈʎa.dɐ/
metralhada is spelled M-E-T-R-A-L-H-A-D-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 136,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Metralhada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a volley/barrage of shots fired by a machine gun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of metralhado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tiro de metralha”.
What does metralhada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea volley/barrage of shots fired by a machine gun.
- 2
femininea volley; a barrage (collection of shots fired by firearms in general).
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of metralhado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tiro de metralha
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 metralhada
- metralhadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce metralhada?
- Brazil /me.tɾaˈʎa.dɐ/
- Portugal /mɨ.tɾɐˈʎa.dɐ/
- Portugal [mɨ.tɾɐˈʎa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is metralhada in Portuguese?
metralhada appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).