milha
Portuguese, noun/ˈmi.ʎɐ/
milha is spelled M-I-L-H-A (5 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Milha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “milha, Portuguese mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the number of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of milhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “medida de distância imperial que equivale a 1.609 m”.
What does milha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemilha, Portuguese mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the number of equatorial degrees per league
- 2
feminineEnglish or American mile, a unit of distance equivalent to about 1.61 km
noun
- 1
femininemaize straw
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. medida de distância imperial que equivale a 1.609 m
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Ceará
noun: 1. gramínea da espécie Digitaria sanguinalis, que costuma medrar nos cultivos de milho; também a Echinochloa crus-galli
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 milha
- milhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce milha?
- Brazil /ˈmi.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /ˈmi.ʎɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to milha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is milha in Portuguese?
milha appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).