dar com a língua nos dentes
The verdict
“dar com a língua nos dentes” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 27
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - delatar, trair um cúmplice, revelando um segredo
Corpus desk
Index PT-dar-com-a-lingua-nos-den · dar com a língua nos dentes · Portuguese
dar com a língua nos dentes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 27 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | dar com a língua nos dentes |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 27 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “dar com a língua nos dentes” em português
Rare enough to double-check
dar com a língua nos dentes is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "delatar, trair um cúmplice, revelando um segredo".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dar com a língua nos dentes, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is dar com a língua nos dentes, spelled D-A-R- -C-O-M- -A- -L-Í-N-G-U-A- -N-O-S- -D-E-N-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1delatar, trair um cúmplice, revelando um segredo
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dar com a língua nos dentes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alguém deu com a língua nos dentes.
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.