beco sem saída
/ˈbe.ku ˈsẽj̃ saˈi.dɐ/ [ˈbe.ku ˈsẽɪ̯̃ saˈi.dɐ]
The verdict
“beco sem saída” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - beco ou rua estreita cuja entrada é também a saída
Corpus desk
Index PT-beco-sem-saida · beco sem saída · Portuguese
beco sem saída · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | beco sem saída |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | /ˈbe.ku ˈsẽj̃ saˈi.dɐ/ [ˈbe.ku ˈsẽɪ̯̃ saˈi.dɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “beco sem saída” em português
Rare enough to double-check
beco sem saída is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed /ˈbe.ku ˈsẽj̃ saˈi.dɐ/ [ˈbe.ku ˈsẽɪ̯̃ saˈi.dɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for beco sem saída, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is beco sem saída, spelled B-E-C-O- -S-E-M- -S-A-Í-D-A.
Definition
- 1beco ou rua estreita cuja entrada é também a saída
- 2situação embaraçosa ou dificultosa, sem solução aparente, da qual não se pode evitar
- 3caminho que não leva a lugar nenhum
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beco sem saída appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Putin diz que negociações de paz atingiram ‘beco sem saída’, e ‘guerra continuará’.
A lei de 2005 tem contribuído para tirar o País desse beco sem saída.
Synonyms
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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.