mortalha
Portuguese, noun/moʁˈta.ʎɐ/
mortalha is spelled M-O-R-T-A-L-H-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,254th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mortalha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “shroud (cloth used to cover cadavers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “retângulo de papel onde se enrola o tabaco ou cannabis picado para se fumar”.
What does mortalha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshroud (cloth used to cover cadavers)
- 2
femininegrave
- 3
femininefuneral
- 4
feminineexcessive amount of corpses
- 5
feminineclothing used by religious people, especially white clothing used in processions
- 6
feminineinformalcigarette paper
- 7
femininea white sign on the forehead of some horses
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. retângulo de papel onde se enrola o tabaco ou cannabis picado para se fumar 2. cobertura ou lençol que envolve o cadáver que vai ser sepultado 3. vestidura branca que certos penitentes usam para cumprir um voto 4. fantasia usada nos blocos carnavalescos da Bahia, antes do advento do abadá, que servia como ingresso para o festejo
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 mortalha
- mortalhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mortalha?
- Brazil /moʁˈta.ʎɐ/
- Brazil [mohˈta.ʎɐ]
- /moɾˈta.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 mortalha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mortalha in Portuguese?
mortalha appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).