olho por olho, dente por dente

phrase

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The verdict

“olho por olho, dente por dente” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
30
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - máxima bíblica que resume a adoção de justiça vingativa na qual paga-se um mal com outro mal idêntico

Key facts for olho por olho, dente por dente
PropertyValue
Headwordolho por olho, dente por dente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters30
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “olho por olho, dente por dente” sits in Portuguese frequency

olho por olho, dente por dente falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for olho por olho, dente por dente is 30 letters long, classified as a phrase. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for olho por olho, dente por dente, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is olho por olho, dente por dente, spelled O-L-H-O- -P-O-R- -O-L-H-O-,- -D-E-N-T-E- -P-O-R- -D-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    máxima bíblica que resume a adoção de justiça vingativa na qual paga-se um mal com outro mal idêntico
  2. 2
    expressão que resume um momento histórico do direito penal onde a justiça é meramente retributiva, ou seja, consiste na rigorosa reciprocidade do crime com a pena a ser aplicada, com origem no Código de Hamurabi

Synonyms

carmalei de causa e efeitojustiça de taliãolei de taliãopena de taliãotalião

This word in other languages

an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth(English)œil pour œil, dent pour dent(Français)Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "olho por olho, dente por dente"?
"olho por olho, dente por dente" is spelled O-L-H-O- -P-O-R- -O-L-H-O-,- -D-E-N-T-E- -P-O-R- -D-E-N-T-E.
What does "olho por olho, dente por dente" mean?
As a phrase, "olho por olho, dente por dente" means: máxima bíblica que resume a adoção de justiça vingativa na qual paga-se um mal com outro mal idêntico
What language does "olho por olho, dente por dente" come from?
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Using “olho por olho, dente por dente”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-L-H-O- -P-O-R- -O-L-H-O-,- -D-E-N-T-E- -P-O-R- -D-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list