guedelha

Portuguese

Alternative forms

gadelha, gadeia

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈde.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈde.ʎa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɨˈdɐ(j).ʎɐ/ [ɡɨˈðɐ(j).ʎɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɨˈde.ʎɐ/ [ɡɨˈðe.ʎɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɨˈde.ʎɐ/ [ɡɨˈðe.ʎɐ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɨˈde.ʎɐ/ [ɡɨˈðe.ʎɐ]

Hyphenation: gue‧de‧lha

Noun

guedelha f (plural guedelhas)

shag (rough, massed hair)
Synonym: grenha

Further reading

“guedelha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“guedelha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026