embuste
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈbus.t͡ʃi/
embuste is spelled E-M-B-U-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embuste is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a scam or hoax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mentira engenhosa”.
What does embuste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea scam or hoax
- 2
masculineslangan annoying person
- 3
masculineslangan ugly person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mentira engenhosa 2. ardil 3. truque
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 embuste
- embustes plural
- em.bus.te canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embuste?
- Brazil /ẽˈbus.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /ĩˈbus.t͡ʃi/
- /ẽˈbuʃ.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embuste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embuste in Portuguese?
embuste 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).