queda
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɛ.dɐ/
queda is spelled Q-U-E-D-A (5 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,607th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Queda is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a fall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of quedar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o fato de cair, tombo”.
What does queda mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea fall
O orgulho antecede a queda.
- 2
femininedrop
Houve uma queda de temperatura depois da chuva.
- 3
femininecrash
Como aconteceu a queda do avião?
- 4
femininetalent, ability
A garota não tinha queda para música.
- 5
femininedownfall, decay, decline
- 6
femininecrush (an infatuation with somebody)
- 7
feminineheel of a shoe
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o fato de cair, tombo 2. decadência 3. pequena cachoeira
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 queda
- quedas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce queda?
- Brazil /ˈkɛ.dɐ/
- Portugal /ˈkɛ.dɐ/
- Portugal [ˈkɛ.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to queda
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is queda in Portuguese?
queda appears 60 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).