paráfrase
Portuguese, noun/paˈɾa.fɾa.zi/
paráfrase is spelled P-A-R-Á-F-R-A-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 83,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paráfrase is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “paraphrase (explanation or new presentation of a text or document that seeks to make the information contained therein more understandable)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “comentário, explicação, interpretação ou tradução aproximada, procurando esclarecer um texto”.
What does paráfrase mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparaphrase (explanation or new presentation of a text or document that seeks to make the information contained therein more understandable)
- 2
feminineparaphrase (statement or text that reformulates, for explanatory or interpretative purposes, the same information from another statement or another text, but using other linguistic resources)
- 3
feminineparaphrase (free and developed translation)
- 4
colloquialfemininemalicious remark (comment that reveals evil)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. comentário, explicação, interpretação ou tradução aproximada, procurando esclarecer um texto 2. o ato de transcrever a ideia geral de um texto através de outras palavras
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 paráfrase
- paráfrases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paráfrase?
- Brazil /paˈɾa.fɾa.zi/
- Portugal /pɐˈɾa.fɾɐ.zɨ/
- /pa.ˈɾa.fɾa.zi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paráfrase
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paráfrase in Portuguese?
paráfrase appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).