parelha
Portuguese, noun/paˈɾe.ʎɐ/
parelha is spelled P-A-R-E-L-H-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). Parelha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “team (a set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of parelho. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um par (principalmente de cavalos ou de muares)”.
What does parelha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineteam (a set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage)
uma parelha de cavalos
- 2
colloquialfemininecouple, pair
- 3
femininecouplet (a pair of lines with rhyming end words)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of parelho
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. um par (principalmente de cavalos ou de muares) 2. pessoa ou coisa que tem grande semelhança com outra
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 parelha
- parelhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parelha?
- Brazil /paˈɾe.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /pɐˈɾɐ(j).ʎɐ/
- Portugal /pɐˈɾe.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 parelha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parelha in Portuguese?
parelha 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).