charada
Portuguese, noun/ʃaˈɾa.dɐ/
charada is spelled C-H-A-R-A-D-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Charada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “riddle (verbal puzzle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “enigma no qual se deve adivinhar uma palavra (ou expressão) longa que foi decomposta em diversas partes”.
What does charada mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineriddle (verbal puzzle)
- 2
femininesomething hard to understand; a mystery
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. enigma no qual se deve adivinhar uma palavra (ou expressão) longa que foi decomposta em diversas partes 2. coisa bizarra ou difícil de entender
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 charada
- charadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce charada?
- Brazil /ʃaˈɾa.dɐ/
- Portugal /ʃɐˈɾa.dɐ/
- Portugal [ʃɐˈɾa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to charada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is charada in Portuguese?
charada appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).