lapada
Portuguese, noun/laˈpa.dɐ/
lapada is spelled L-A-P-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 127,225th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lapada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a strike with a stone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que lapa”.
What does lapada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea strike with a stone
- 2
colloquialfemininea slap
- 3
colloquialfemininea usually indirect verbal attack, a roast
Nossa, que lapada seca!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que lapa 2. bofetada, pancada 3. nota curta 4. dose (normalmente de cachaça)
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 lapada
- lapadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lapada?
- Brazil /laˈpa.dɐ/
- Portugal /lɐˈpa.dɐ/
- Portugal [lɐˈpa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lapada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lapada in Portuguese?
lapada appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).