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calcanhar de Aquiles

Portuguese, noun

calcanhar de Aquiles is spelled C-A-L-C-A-N-H-A-R-D-E-A-Q-U-I-L-E-S (18 letters). Calcanhar de Aquiles is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Achilles heel (vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, calcanhar-de-Aquiles is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of calcanhar de Aquiles; still…”.

What does calcanhar de Aquiles mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineAchilles heel (vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation)

noun

as calcanhar-de-Aquiles
  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of calcanhar de Aquiles; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. o ponto mais vulnerável de uma pessoa ou organização

phrase: 1. vide calcanhar de aquiles

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of calcanhar de Aquiles

  • calcanhares de Aquiles plural
  • calcanhar-de-Aquiles alternative
  • calcanhar de Achilles alternative
  • calcanharde Aquilles alternative obsolete
  • calcanhar de Achiles alternative obsolete
  • calcanhares-de-Aquiles plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

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