pedalada
Portuguese, noun/pe.daˈla.dɐ/
pedalada is spelled P-E-D-A-L-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pedalada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pedal stroke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of pedalado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cada impulso que se imprime ao pedal”.
What does pedalada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepedal stroke
- 2
feminineenergy, dynamism; momentum
- 3
femininestep over (a dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, is going to move in a direction he does not intend to move in)
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of pedalado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cada impulso que se imprime ao pedal 2. drible no qual o jogador em posse da bola a conduz para frente ao mesmo tempo em que os pés se alternam passando por cima dela
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 pedalada
- pedaladas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pedalada?
- Brazil /pe.daˈla.dɐ/
- Portugal /pɨ.dɐˈla.dɐ/
- Portugal [pɨ.ðɐˈla.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pedalada in Portuguese?
pedalada appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).