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nhanha

Portuguese, noun/ˈɲɐ̃.ɲɐ/

nhanha is spelled N-H-A-N-H-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 150,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nhanha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “goo (any viscous and/or sticky substance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of nhanhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “esperma”.

What does nhanha mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineinformalgoo (any viscous and/or sticky substance)

  2. 2

    femininevulgarsperm

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 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. esperma 2. qualquer substância espessa e viscosa

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 nhanha

  • nhanhas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce nhanha?

  • Brazil /ˈɲɐ̃.ɲɐ/
  • Brazil [ˈj̃ɐ̃.j̃ɐ]
  • Portugal /ˈɲɐ.ɲɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to nhanha

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is nhanha in Portuguese?

nhanha appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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