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estratagema

Portuguese, noun/is.tɾa.taˈʒẽ.mɐ/

estratagema is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “stratagem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ardil, manha, astúcia, subterfúgio, pretexto”.

What does estratagema mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestratagem

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ardil, manha, astúcia, subterfúgio, pretexto 2. auto-engano

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 estratagema

  • estratagemas plural

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

How do you pronounce estratagema?

  • Brazil /is.tɾa.taˈʒẽ.mɐ/
  • Brazil /es.tɾa.taˈʒẽ.mɐ/
  • /iʃ.tɾa.taˈʒẽ.mɐ/

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

English words that translate to estratagema

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

How common is estratagema in Portuguese?

estratagema appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

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