alhada

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From alho (“garlic”) +‎ -ada. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧lha‧da === Noun === alhada f (plural alhadas) portion of garlic (cooking) garlic stew (figurative, colloquial) pinch, mess (difficult situation) Synonym: aperto estar metido numa alhada ― to be in a mess === Further reading === “alhada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alhada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026