ralho
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁa.ʎu/
ralho is spelled R-A-L-H-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ralho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “reprimand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of ralhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de ralhar; discussão acalorada”.
What does ralho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereprimand
- 2
masculinecensure
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of ralhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de ralhar; discussão acalorada
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 ralho
- ralhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ralho?
- Brazil /ˈʁa.ʎu/
- Brazil [ˈha.ʎu]
- /ˈʁa.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ralho in Portuguese?
ralho appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).