vala
Portuguese, noun/ˈva.lɐ/
vala is spelled V-A-L-A (4 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,007th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vala is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ditch, trench” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “escavação em um terreno, de forma alongada e mais ou menos profunda, feita para variados fins, mais…”.
What does vala mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineditch, trench
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. escavação em um terreno, de forma alongada e mais ou menos profunda, feita para variados fins, mais frequentemente para condução de águas, drenagem, ou instalação de encanamentos, esgotos etc 2. leito de certos rios cujas águas secam regularmente em determinadas épocas do ano, geralmente entre maio e setembro 3. o mesmo que vala comum 4. o mesmo que matumbo ('cova')
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 vala
- valas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vala?
- Brazil /ˈva.lɐ/
- Portugal /ˈva.lɐ/
- Portugal /ˈba.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vala
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vala in Portuguese?
vala appears 3.4 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).