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olhadela

Portuguese, noun/o.ʎaˈdɛ.lɐ/

olhadela is spelled O-L-H-A-D-E-L-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 72,332nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Olhadela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “look, glance, glimpse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de um rápido olhar, espiadela”.

What does olhadela mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininelook, glance, glimpse

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ato de um rápido olhar, espiadela

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 olhadela

  • olhadelas plural

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

How do you pronounce olhadela?

  • Brazil /o.ʎaˈdɛ.lɐ/
  • Portugal /ɔ.ʎɐˈdɛ.lɐ/
  • Portugal [ɔ.ʎɐˈðɛ.lɐ]

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

English words that translate to olhadela

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

How common is olhadela in Portuguese?

olhadela appears about once in every 5 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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