saca-rolha

noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espécie de parafuso de metal com cabo para tirar as rolhas das garrafas

Corpus desk

Index PT-saca-rolha · saca-rolha · Portuguese

saca-rolha · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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 saca-rolha
PropertyValue
Headwordsaca-rolha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “saca-rolha” em português

saca-rolhanão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

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

Rare enough to double-check

saca-rolha is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "espécie de parafuso de metal com cabo para tirar as rolhas das garrafas".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for saca-rolha, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 saca-rolha, spelled S-A-C-A---R-O-L-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    espécie de parafuso de metal com cabo para tirar as rolhas das garrafas

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O canivete suíço, aquele com saca-rolha, tesoura, abridor de latas e por aí afora, não resistiu ao avanço da tecnologia.

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 "saca-rolha"?
"saca-rolha" is spelled S-A-C-A---R-O-L-H-A.
What does "saca-rolha" mean?
As a noun, "saca-rolha" means: espécie de parafuso de metal com cabo para tirar as rolhas das garrafas
What language does "saca-rolha" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list