palha
Portuguese, noun/ˈpa.ʎɐ/
palha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “caule de plantas quando seco”.
What does palha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestraw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
- 2
femininestraw considered collectively
- 3
femininetextile made of straw
- 4
Portugalcolloquialfemininepadding, waffle
- 5
colloquialfemininetrifle (something without importance)
- 6
colloquialfemininecards that give no points in sueca
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. fraco ou ruim
noun: 1. caule de plantas quando seco 2. banalidade 3. palavras vãs 4. esperança tênue
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 palha
- palhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palha?
- Brazil /ˈpa.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /ˈpa.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 palha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palha in Portuguese?
palha appears 7.6 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).