penhora
Portuguese, noun/pẽˈɲɔ.ɾɐ/
penhora is spelled P-E-N-H-O-R-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). Penhora is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “seizure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of penhorar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação ou efeito de penhorar (dar em garantia)”.
What does penhora mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineseizure
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação ou efeito de penhorar (dar em garantia) 2. ação de apreender (tomar) as propriedades da pessoa devedora, através de uma ação judicial, para que sua dívida seja quitada
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo penhorar
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 penhora
- penhoras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce penhora?
- Brazil /pẽˈɲɔ.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [pẽˈj̃ɔ.ɾɐ]
- Portugal /pɨˈɲɔ.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to penhora
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is penhora in Portuguese?
penhora 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).