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estocada

Portuguese, noun/is.toˈka.dɐ/

estocada is spelled E-S-T-O-C-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,841st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estocada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “thrust (an attack with a sword)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of estocado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ferimento, perfuração, golpe com estoque ou com outra arma perfurante”.

What does estocada mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininethrust (an attack with a sword)

verb

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of estocado

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ferimento, perfuração, golpe com estoque ou com outra arma perfurante 2. agressão verbal; dito irônico, satírico; crítica 3. notícia desagradável, surpresa dolorosa 4. manha para fazer o mal

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 estocada

  • estocadas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce estocada?

  • Brazil /is.toˈka.dɐ/
  • Brazil /es.toˈka.dɐ/
  • /iʃ.toˈka.dɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to estocada

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is estocada in Portuguese?

estocada appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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