blefar

verb

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.

Key facts for blefar
PropertyValue
Headwordblefar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “blefar” em português

blefarfica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    fazer um adversário acreditar algo que não é verdade para obter uma vantagem

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how blefar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blefar"?
"blefar" is spelled B-L-E-F-A-R.
What does "blefar" mean?
As a verb, "blefar" means: fazer um adversário acreditar algo que não é verdade para obter uma vantagem
What language does "blefar" come from?
"blefar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list