parva
Portuguese, noun/ˈpaɾ.vɐ/
parva is spelled P-A-R-V-A (5 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,997th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “small meal in the morning of a working day, before or after the breakfast, traditionally accompanied by wine or aguardente” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena comida tomada de manhã, nos lavores da malha”.
What does parva mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalfemininesmall meal in the morning of a working day, before or after the breakfast, traditionally accompanied by wine or aguardente
- 2
femininebreakfast
- 3
femininegrain prepared for threshing
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena comida tomada de manhã, nos lavores da malha 2. montículo de cereal na eira antes de ser trilhado
noun: 1. feminino de parvo
adjective: 1. feminino de parvo
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 parva
- parvas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parva?
- Portugal /ˈpaɾ.vɐ/
- Portugal /ˈpaɾ.bɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is parva in Portuguese?
parva appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).