diabrura

noun

The verdict

“diabrura” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arte ou maquinação do diabo; crueldade

Corpus desk

Index PT-diabrura · diabrura · Portuguese

diabrura · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for diabrura
PropertyValue
Headworddiabrura
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “diabrura” em português

diabruraestá além das 100.000 formas mais frequentes do português, na cauda de léxico especializado ou pouco usado.

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

Rare enough to double-check

diabrura is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for diabrura in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is diabrura, spelled D-I-A-B-R-U-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    arte ou maquinação do diabo; crueldade
  2. 2
    travessura de criança; traquinice
  3. 3
    qualquer ação criada de modo ardil, com o propósito de obter algo através de estratagemas; maquinação

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A criança enfurecia o professor fazendo diabruras.
  2. Ninguém conhece as diabruras que o levou à presidência.

Synonyms

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 "diabrura"?
"diabrura" is spelled D-I-A-B-R-U-R-A.
What does "diabrura" mean?
As a noun, "diabrura" means: arte ou maquinação do diabo; crueldade
What language does "diabrura" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list