pedrada
Portuguese, noun/peˈdɾa.dɐ/
pedrada is spelled P-E-D-R-A-D-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pedrada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a blow with a rock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of pedrado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de lançar uma pedra”.
What does pedrada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea blow with a rock
- 2
femininestone's throw (short distance)
- 3
Portugalcolloquialfemininetrip
Estou com uma pedrada.
- 4
Brazilfeminineslangbanger, bop (a very good song)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of pedrado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de lançar uma pedra 2. batimento de pedra arremessada e ferimento
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 pedrada
- pedradas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pedrada?
- Brazil /peˈdɾa.dɐ/
- Portugal /pɨˈdɾa.dɐ/
- Portugal [pɨˈðɾa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pedrada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pedrada in Portuguese?
pedrada appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).