blefar
The verdict
“blefar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer um adversário acreditar algo que não é verdade para obter uma vantagem
Corpus desk
Index PT-blefar · blefar · Portuguese
blefar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | blefar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “blefar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
blefar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fazer um adversário acreditar algo que não é verdade para obter uma vantagem".
blefar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 blefar, spelled B-L-E-F-A-R.
Definition
- 1fazer um adversário acreditar algo que não é verdade para obter uma vantagem
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how blefar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Isto é muito difícil sem tentar blefar ou arranjar desculpas", disse Thorpe à mídia local, negando estar despistando e guardando o seu melhor.
This word in other languages
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.