diabrura
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diabrura |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “diabrura” em português
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
- 1arte ou maquinação do diabo; crueldade
- 2travessura de criança; traquinice
- 3qualquer ação criada de modo ardil, com o propósito de obter algo através de estratagemas; maquinação
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how diabrura appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A criança enfurecia o professor fazendo diabruras.
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.