relha
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁe.ʎɐ/
relha is spelled R-E-L-H-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese, the 239,085th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Relha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ploughshare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lâmina do arado que penetra na terra e abre os sulcos”.
What does relha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineploughshare
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lâmina do arado que penetra na terra e abre os sulcos 2. peça de ferro que reforça exteriormente as rodas dos carros de bois 3. cada uma das duas travessas de madeira que através do meão, unem interiormente, uma à outra, as cambas da roda do carro 4. peça de madeira, que atravessa as coiçoeiras e tábuas da porta, para que não empenem
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 relha
- relhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce relha?
- Brazil /ˈʁe.ʎɐ/
- Brazil [ˈhe.ʎɐ]
- /ˈʁe.ʎɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to relha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is relha in Portuguese?
relha appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).