olha

Portuguese, noun

olha is spelled O-L-H-A (4 letters) and appears 219 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 425th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Olha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a stew prepared with meat, chickpeas, peas and other vegetables” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of olhar. With an accent, olhá is a different word: “apocopic form of olhar; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las”. With an accent, ôlha is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cozinhado a base de grão-de-bico, hortaliças e carne; comida preparada com carne, cenoura, mandioca…”.