palanca
Portuguese, noun/paˈlɐ̃.kɐ/
palanca is spelled P-A-L-A-N-C-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,596th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palanca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “stake (long, sharp piece of wood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “designação comum aos antílopes do gênero Hippotragus, originários da África”.
What does palanca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestake (long, sharp piece of wood)
- 2
femininelever (long, rigid object used to transmit force)
- 3
femininea rampart with palisades or stake
- 4
femininebar (long rod)
noun
- 1
feminineany of several species of bovid in the genus Hippotragus, including the roan antelope, the sable antelope and the extinct bluebucks.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. designação comum aos antílopes do gênero Hippotragus, originários da África
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 palanca
- palancas plural
- impalanca alternative
- empalanca alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palanca?
- Brazil /paˈlɐ̃.kɐ/
- Portugal /pɐˈlɐ̃.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is palanca in Portuguese?
palanca appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).