polvorosa
Portuguese, noun/pow.voˈɾɔ.zɐ/
polvorosa is spelled P-O-L-V-O-R-O-S-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,596th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polvorosa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “agitation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of polvoroso. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande atividade; azáfama”.
What does polvorosa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineagitation
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of polvoroso
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande atividade; azáfama 2. enorme agitação
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 polvorosa
- polvorosas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polvorosa?
- Brazil /pow.voˈɾɔ.zɐ/
- Brazil [poʊ̯.voˈɾɔ.zɐ]
- Portugal /pol.vuˈɾɔ.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is polvorosa in Portuguese?
polvorosa 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).