parlenda
Portuguese, noun/paʁˈlẽ.dɐ/
parlenda is spelled P-A-R-L-E-N-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese, the 221,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parlenda is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a type of children's rhythmic word game that may take the form of a tongue twister” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rima infantil geralmente curta e divertida”.
What does parlenda mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea type of children's rhythmic word game that may take the form of a tongue twister
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rima infantil geralmente curta e divertida
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 parlenda
- parlendas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parlenda?
- Brazil /paʁˈlẽ.dɐ/
- Brazil [paɦˈlẽ.dɐ]
- /paɾˈlẽ.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is parlenda in Portuguese?
parlenda appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).