paelha
Portuguese, noun/paˈe.ʎɐ/
paelha is spelled P-A-E-L-H-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 139,586th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paelha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “paella (a Valencian dish made with rice, vegetables and shellfish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prato típico espanhol”.
What does paelha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepaella (a Valencian dish made with rice, vegetables and shellfish)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prato típico espanhol
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 paelha
- paelhas plural
- paeja alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paelha?
- Brazil /paˈe.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /pɐˈɐ(j).ʎɐ/
- Portugal /pɐˈe.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 paelha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paelha in Portuguese?
paelha appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).