restolho
Portuguese, noun/ʁesˈto.ʎu/
restolho is spelled R-E-S-T-O-L-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Restolho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “stubble (short stalk left in a field after harvest)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “resto, resíduo”.
What does restolho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestubble (short stalk left in a field after harvest)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. resto, resíduo 2. confusão de ruídos 3. o resto depois de apartado o que era de valor 4. resteva, terreno de cereal depois de ceifado; restos de centeio
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 restolho
- restolhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce restolho?
- Brazil /ʁesˈto.ʎu/
- Brazil [hesˈto.ʎu]
- /ʁeʃˈto.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to restolho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is restolho in Portuguese?
restolho 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).