fricote
Portuguese, noun/fɾiˈkɔ.t͡ʃi/
fricote is spelled F-R-I-C-O-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fricote is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hissy fit (nervous crisis or hysterical fainting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “esperteza, astúcia”.
What does fricote mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialinformalmasculinehissy fit (nervous crisis or hysterical fainting)
- 2
Brazilcolloquialinformalmasculinecrying; tantrum
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. esperteza, astúcia 2. chilique, birra, manha
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 fricote
- fricotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fricote?
- Brazil /fɾiˈkɔ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /fɾiˈkɔ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fricote in Portuguese?
fricote 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).