petralhada
Portuguese, noun/pe.tɾaˈʎa.dɐ/
petralhada is spelled P-E-T-R-A-L-H-A-D-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 103,739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Petralhada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “collectively, people who support or are affiliated with the Brazilian Workers' Party” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “coletivo de petralha, usado de forma insultuosa”.
What does petralhada mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfeminineoffensivecollectively, people who support or are affiliated with the Brazilian Workers' Party.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. coletivo de petralha, usado de forma insultuosa
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.
How do you pronounce petralhada?
- Brazil /pe.tɾaˈʎa.dɐ/
- Portugal /pɨ.tɾɐˈʎa.dɐ/
- Portugal [pɨ.tɾɐˈʎa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is petralhada in Portuguese?
petralhada appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).