juridiquês
Portuguese, noun/ʒu.ɾi.d͡ʒiˈke(j)s/
juridiquês is spelled J-U-R-I-D-I-Q-U-Ê-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Juridiquês is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “legalese (technical jargon common in the legal profession)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “uso desnecessário e excessivo de termos técnicos de Direito”.
What does juridiquês mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilinformalmasculinelegalese (technical jargon common in the legal profession)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. uso desnecessário e excessivo de termos técnicos de Direito
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.
How do you pronounce juridiquês?
- Brazil /ʒu.ɾi.d͡ʒiˈke(j)s/
- Brazil [ʒu.ɾi.d͡ʒiˈke(ɪ̯)s]
- /ʒu.ɾi.d͡ʒiˈke(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is juridiquês in Portuguese?
juridiquês appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).