pla
Portuguese, contraction/pla/
pla is spelled P-L-A (3 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,683rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pla is a Portuguese feminine contraction meaning “syncopic form of pela: feminine singular of plo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pla mean in English?
contraction
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Portugalfemininesyncopic form of pela: feminine singular of plo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce pla?
- Brazil /pla/
- Portugal /plɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pla in Portuguese?
pla appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).