patacoada
Portuguese, noun/pa.taˈkwa.dɐ/
patacoada is spelled P-A-T-A-C-O-A-D-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 139,586th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patacoada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nonsense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “narrativa baseada em mentiras ou que não tem sentido; fala impensada, tola”.
What does patacoada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenonsense
- 2
femininejoke
- 3
feminineridiculous ostentation
- 4
Brazilfemininedeceit, trickery
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. narrativa baseada em mentiras ou que não tem sentido; fala impensada, tola 2. ato de alguém jactar-se de forma ridícula ou com presunção 3. fala que procura enganar 4. que graceja de modo insolente
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 patacoada
- patacoadas plural
- pataquada alternative misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patacoada?
- Brazil /pa.taˈkwa.dɐ/
- Portugal /pɐ.tɐˈkwa.dɐ/
- Portugal [pɐ.tɐˈkwa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is patacoada in Portuguese?
patacoada appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).