milhafre
Portuguese, noun/miˈʎa.fɾi/
milhafre is spelled M-I-L-H-A-F-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 129,832nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Milhafre is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “any kite (bird of prey) of the Milvus genus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave de rapina de tamanho médio, do gênero Milvus, Buteo, Circus, ou semelhante”.
What does milhafre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany kite (bird of prey) of the Milvus genus
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ave de rapina de tamanho médio, do gênero Milvus, Buteo, Circus, ou semelhante
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 milhafre
- milhafres plural
- bilhafre alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce milhafre?
- Brazil /miˈʎa.fɾi/
- Portugal /miˈʎa.fɾɨ/
- Portugal /mɨˈʎa.fɾɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to milhafre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is milhafre in Portuguese?
milhafre appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).