jogar na cara
The verdict
“jogar na cara” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dizer, citar a uma pessoa coisas que si próprio fez que beneficiou tal pessoa ou os fatos ou pontos negativos que tal pessoa fez ou tem para o próprio intelocutor
Corpus desk
Index PT-jogar-na-cara · jogar na cara · Portuguese
jogar na cara · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jogar na cara |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “jogar na cara” em português
Rare enough to double-check
jogar na cara is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dizer, citar a uma pessoa coisas que si próprio fez que beneficiou tal pessoa ou os fatos ou pontos negativos que tal pessoa fez ou tem para o próprio intelocutor".
No generated misspelling entries exist for jogar na cara in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is jogar na cara, spelled J-O-G-A-R- -N-A- -C-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1dizer, citar a uma pessoa coisas que si próprio fez que beneficiou tal pessoa ou os fatos ou pontos negativos que tal pessoa fez ou tem para o próprio intelocutor
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jogar na cara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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