espalhafato
Portuguese, noun/is.pa.ʎaˈfa.tu/
espalhafato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fuss (excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ostentação exagerada”.
What does espalhafato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefuss (excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something)
- 2
masculineostentation (display intended to excite admiration or applause)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ostentação exagerada 2. situação em que predominam o barulho e a confusão 3. peça de artilharia antiga
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 espalhafato
- espalhafatos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espalhafato?
- Brazil /is.pa.ʎaˈfa.tu/
- Brazil /es.pa.ʎaˈfa.tu/
- /iʃ.pa.ʎaˈfa.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is espalhafato in Portuguese?
espalhafato appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).