borrifar

//bo.χɪ.ˈfaɾ/, /bo.χɪ.ˈfa// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#58,369

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

borrifar is aPortugueseverb. It means: deitar borrifos em Pronounced /bo.χɪ.ˈfaɾ/, /bo.χɪ.ˈfa/.

Key facts for borrifar
PropertyValue
Headwordborrifar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/bo.χɪ.ˈfaɾ/, /bo.χɪ.ˈfa/
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,369
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of borrifar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for borrifar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bo.χɪ.ˈfaɾ/, /bo.χɪ.ˈfa/. Corpus data places it at rank #58,369 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for borrifar in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is borrifar, spelled B-O-R-R-I-F-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    deitar borrifos em
  2. 2
    disseminar em pequenas porções
  3. 3
    cair chuva minúscula
  4. 4
    não dar bola, não ligar, não se preocupar

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #58,369 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "borrifar"?
"borrifar" is spelled B-O-R-R-I-F-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /bo.χɪ.ˈfaɾ/, /bo.χɪ.ˈfa/.
What does "borrifar" mean?
As a verb, "borrifar" means: deitar borrifos em
How do you pronounce "borrifar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "borrifar" is /bo.χɪ.ˈfaɾ/, /bo.χɪ.ˈfa/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "borrifar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.