valeta
Portuguese, noun/vaˈle.tɐ/
valeta is spelled V-A-L-E-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Valeta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “gutter (ditch along the side of a road)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vala pequena e estreita para escoamento”.
What does valeta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegutter (ditch along the side of a road)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vala pequena e estreita para escoamento
noun: 1. capital de Malta
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 valeta
- valetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce valeta?
- Brazil /vaˈle.tɐ/
- Portugal /vɐˈle.tɐ/
- Portugal /bɐˈle.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to valeta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is valeta in Portuguese?
valeta appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).