anedota
Portuguese, noun/a.neˈdɔ.tɐ/
anedota is spelled A-N-E-D-O-T-A (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,263rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anedota is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “anecdote (short account of an incident)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “piada, pilhéria, história curta e engraçada”.
What does anedota mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanecdote (short account of an incident)
- 2
femininejoke (an amusing story)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. piada, pilhéria, história curta e engraçada;
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.
Forms of anedota
- anedotas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anedota?
- Brazil /a.neˈdɔ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.nɨˈdɔ.tɐ/
- Portugal [ɐ.nɨˈðɔ.tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anedota
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anedota in Portuguese?
anedota appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).