porta-malas

noun

The verdict

“porta-malas” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parte traseira do corpo humano formada pelos músculos glúteos

Corpus desk

Index PT-porta-malas · porta-malas · Portuguese

porta-malas · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for porta-malas
PropertyValue
Headwordporta-malas
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “porta-malas” em português

porta-malasfica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

porta-malas is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

porta-malas has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is porta-malas, spelled P-O-R-T-A---M-A-L-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    parte traseira do corpo humano formada pelos músculos glúteos
  2. 2
    parte traseira dos carros onde se guarda as malas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how porta-malas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ela se aproxima. Sua roupa mostra um corpo tonificado e uma bunda maravilhosa. Caramba, eu sabia que ela tinha um belo porta-malas quando estávamos na faculdade, mas não era tão empinado e redondo.
  2. Cinquenta e seis anos, mas a bunda dele parece um tijolo. — Deve ser isso. George tem um porta-malas considerável mesmo.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "porta-malas"?
"porta-malas" is spelled P-O-R-T-A---M-A-L-A-S.
What does "porta-malas" mean?
As a noun, "porta-malas" means: parte traseira do corpo humano formada pelos músculos glúteos
What language does "porta-malas" come from?
"porta-malas" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list