telha
Portuguese, noun/ˈte.ʎɐ/
telha is spelled T-E-L-H-A (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,930th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Telha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tile, especially a roof tile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of telhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça de barro cozido ou de outro material (pedra, cimento-amianto, metal, vidro, plástico, madeira etc.)…”.
What does telha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetile, especially a roof tile
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça de barro cozido ou de outro material (pedra, cimento-amianto, metal, vidro, plástico, madeira etc.), usado na cobertura de casas e outros edifícios 2. pensamento
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Sergipe
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 telha
- telhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce telha?
- Brazil /ˈte.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /ˈtɐ(j).ʎɐ/
- Portugal /ˈte.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 telha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is telha in Portuguese?
telha appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).