espertalhão

//iʃ.pɨɾ.tɐ.ˈʎɐ̃w̃// adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#77,130

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

espertalhão is anPortugueseadj. It means: que é muito esperto; solerte Pronounced /iʃ.pɨɾ.tɐ.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/.

Key facts for espertalhão
PropertyValue
Headwordespertalhão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/iʃ.pɨɾ.tɐ.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/
Letters11
Frequency rank#77,130
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of espertalhão in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for espertalhão is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʃ.pɨɾ.tɐ.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #77,130 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for espertalhão in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is espertalhão, spelled E-S-P-E-R-T-A-L-H-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que é muito esperto; solerte
  2. 2
    que é ardiloso ou desonesto com esperteza; velhaco

Frequency rank: #77,130 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "espertalhão"?
"espertalhão" is spelled E-S-P-E-R-T-A-L-H-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.pɨɾ.tɐ.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/.
What does "espertalhão" mean?
As an adj, "espertalhão" means: que é muito esperto; solerte
How do you pronounce "espertalhão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espertalhão" is /iʃ.pɨɾ.tɐ.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.