abracadabra
Portuguese, interjection/ˌa.bɾa.kaˈda.bɾɐ/
abracadabra is spelled A-B-R-A-C-A-D-A-B-R-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abracadabra is a Portuguese interjection meaning “abracadabra (used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does abracadabra mean in English?
interjection
- 1
abracadabra (used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. palavra cabalística a que era atribuída a suposta capacidade de curar doenças 2. amuleto contendo esta palavra 3. expressão sem sentido, ilógica
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce abracadabra?
- Brazil /ˌa.bɾa.kaˈda.bɾɐ/
- Portugal /ˌa.bɾɐ.kɐˈda.bɾɐ/
- Portugal [ˌa.βɾɐ.kɐˈða.βɾɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abracadabra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abracadabra in Portuguese?
abracadabra appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).