estaladiço
Portuguese, adjective/is.ta.laˈd͡ʒi.su/
estaladiço is spelled E-S-T-A-L-A-D-I-Ç-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estaladiço is a Portuguese adjective meaning “brittle (liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does estaladiço mean in English?
adjective
- 1
brittle (liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact)
- 2
crunchy (likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of estaladiço
- estaladiça feminine
- estaladiços masculine plural
- estaladiças feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estaladiço?
- Brazil /is.ta.laˈd͡ʒi.su/
- Brazil /es.ta.laˈd͡ʒi.su/
- /iʃ.ta.laˈd͡ʒi.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is estaladiço in Portuguese?
estaladiço appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).