palmada
Portuguese, noun/pawˈma.dɐ/
palmada is spelled P-A-L-M-A-D-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,308th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palmada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “slap (a blow with the palm of the hand)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pancada com a palma da mão”.
What does palmada mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslap (a blow with the palm of the hand)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pancada com a palma da mão
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 palmada
- palmadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palmada?
- Brazil /pawˈma.dɐ/
- Brazil [paʊ̯ˈma.dɐ]
- Portugal /palˈma.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palmada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palmada in Portuguese?
palmada 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).