argúcia
/ɐɾ.ˈɡu.sjɐ/
The verdict
“argúcia” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sutileza de percepção, raciocínio ou argumentação; capacidade de ver e agir, claro e rapidamente
Corpus desk
Index PT-argucia · argúcia · Portuguese
argúcia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | argúcia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐɾ.ˈɡu.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “argúcia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
argúcia is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐɾ.ˈɡu.sjɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
argúcia has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is argúcia, spelled A-R-G-Ú-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1sutileza de percepção, raciocínio ou argumentação; capacidade de ver e agir, claro e rapidamente
- 2agudeza de espírito
- 3senso aguçado de observação; sagacidade
- 4raciocínio sutil
- 5finura de observação
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how argúcia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ao caracterizar as personagens, o dramaturgo dá provas abundantes de excepcional argúcia psicológica.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.