Portuguese

Suffix

-alha f ‎(plural -alhas)

1. Forms feminine collective pejorative nouns.

   gente ‎(“people”) + ‎-alha → ‎gentalha ‎(“rabble”)

   criança ‎(“child”) + ‎-alha → ‎criançalha ‎(“children behaving inappropriately”)

   miúça ‎(“worthless object”) + ‎-alha → ‎miuçalha ‎(“bunch of worthless objects”)

Usage notes

Also found in loanwords from Italian containing -aglia and words derived from Latin containing -ālia.

Derived terms