segurelha
Portuguese, noun/se.ɡuˈɾe.ʎɐ/
segurelha is spelled S-E-G-U-R-E-L-H-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese, the 213,834th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Segurelha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “savory (any herb of genus Satureja)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta da família Laminaceae usada como condimento (Satureja hortensis)”.
What does segurelha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesavory (any herb of genus Satureja)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta da família Laminaceae usada como condimento (Satureja hortensis)
noun: 1. no moinho tradicional, peça de ferro que encaixa e liga o eixo do rodízio com a mó superior
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 segurelha
- segurelhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce segurelha?
- Brazil /se.ɡuˈɾe.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /sɨ.ɡuˈɾɐ(j).ʎɐ/
- Portugal [sɨ.ɣuˈɾɐ(j).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 segurelha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is segurelha in Portuguese?
segurelha appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).