naquela
Portuguese, contraction/naˈkɛ.lɐ/
naquela is spelled N-A-Q-U-E-L-A (7 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,924th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Naquela is a Portuguese feminine contraction meaning “contraction of em + aquela, literally “in that”: feminine singular of naquele” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição em com o pronome demonstrativo aquela”.
What does naquela mean in English?
contraction
- 1
femininecontraction of em + aquela, literally “in that”: feminine singular of naquele
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração da preposição em com o pronome demonstrativo aquela
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 naquela
- naquella alternative
- n'aquella alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce naquela?
- Brazil /naˈkɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /nɐˈkɛ.lɐ/
- /naˈkɛ.la/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is naquela in Portuguese?
naquela appears 49 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).