pedra de bater roupa

//ˈpɛ.dɾɐ d͡ʒi baˈte(ʁ) ˈʁo(w).pɐ/ [ˈpɛ.dɾɐ d͡ʒi baˈte(h) ˈho(ʊ̯).pɐ]/ phrase

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Portuguese

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pedra de bater roupa is aPortuguesephrase. It means: pedra grande e lisa, à beira de um rio ou lagoa, usada pelas lavadeiras para bater as roupas a fim de que ficassem mais limpas Pronounced /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ d͡ʒi baˈte(ʁ) ˈʁo(w).pɐ/ [ˈpɛ.dɾɐ d͡ʒi baˈte(h) ˈho(ʊ̯).pɐ].

Key facts for pedra de bater roupa
PropertyValue
Headwordpedra de bater roupa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
IPA/ˈpɛ.dɾɐ d͡ʒi baˈte(ʁ) ˈʁo(w).pɐ/ [ˈpɛ.dɾɐ d͡ʒi baˈte(h) ˈho(ʊ̯).pɐ]
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

pedra de bater roupa is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pedra de bater roupa is 20 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ d͡ʒi baˈte(ʁ) ˈʁo(w).pɐ/ [ˈpɛ.dɾɐ d͡ʒi baˈte(h) ˈho(ʊ̯).pɐ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for pedra de bater roupa in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is pedra de bater roupa, spelled P-E-D-R-A- -D-E- -B-A-T-E-R- -R-O-U-P-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pedra grande e lisa, à beira de um rio ou lagoa, usada pelas lavadeiras para bater as roupas a fim de que ficassem mais limpas
  2. 2
    a tábua de lavar roupa primitiva, feita em pedra ou argamassa, podendo ser fixa ou como objeto de lavanderia
  3. 3
    algo que é vítima de ataques verbais ou escritos, ou mesmo agressão física
  4. 4
    semelhante a uma pedra de bater roupa

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pedra de bater roupa"?
"pedra de bater roupa" is spelled P-E-D-R-A- -D-E- -B-A-T-E-R- -R-O-U-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ d͡ʒi baˈte(ʁ) ˈʁo(w).pɐ/ [ˈpɛ.dɾɐ d͡ʒi baˈte(h) ˈho(ʊ̯).pɐ].
What does "pedra de bater roupa" mean?
As a phrase, "pedra de bater roupa" means: pedra grande e lisa, à beira de um rio ou lagoa, usada pelas lavadeiras para bater as roupas a fim de que ficassem mais limpas
How do you pronounce "pedra de bater roupa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pedra de bater roupa" is /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ d͡ʒi baˈte(ʁ) ˈʁo(w).pɐ/ [ˈpɛ.dɾɐ d͡ʒi baˈte(h) ˈho(ʊ̯).pɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pedra de bater roupa" come from?
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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.