esquerdalha

== Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === From esquerda (“left”) + -alha (pejorative collective suffix). ==== Noun ==== esquerdalha f (uncountable) (politics, derogatory, slang) leftists, collectively; all the leftists of a region or movement ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Blend of esquerda (“left-wing”) + canalha (“scoundrel; bastard; degenerate”). ==== Noun ==== esquerdalha m or f by sense (plural esquerdalhas) (politics, derogatory, slang) leftist person ===== Related terms ===== === Further reading === “esquerdalha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026