marretada
Portuguese, noun/ma.ʁeˈta.dɐ/
marretada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a blow with a sledgehammer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of marretado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “golpe de marreta”.
What does marretada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea blow with a sledgehammer
Ele levou uma marretada na cabeça que lhe abriu o crânio.
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of marretado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. golpe de marreta
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 marretada
- marretadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marretada?
- Brazil /ma.ʁeˈta.dɐ/
- Brazil [ma.heˈta.dɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is marretada in Portuguese?
marretada 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).