esquerdalha

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