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pilcha

Portuguese, noun/ˈpiw.ʃɐ/

pilcha is spelled P-I-L-C-H-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pilcha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the traditional costume of the Gauchos” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does pilcha mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininethe traditional costume of the Gauchos

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of pilcha

  • pilchas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pilcha?

  • Brazil /ˈpiw.ʃɐ/
  • Brazil [ˈpiʊ̯.ʃɐ]
  • Portugal /ˈpil.ʃɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is pilcha in Portuguese?

pilcha appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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