pegadinha
Portuguese, noun/pe.ɡaˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/
pegadinha is spelled P-E-G-A-D-I-N-H-A (9 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,687th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pegadinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “prank, practical joke; especially one filmed by a candid camera for entertainment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of pegada. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de pôr alguém propositalmente em situação embaraçosa com objetivos cômicos”.
What does pegadinha mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininediminutive of pegada
- 2
Brazilfeminineprank, practical joke; especially one filmed by a candid camera for entertainment
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de pôr alguém propositalmente em situação embaraçosa com objetivos cômicos
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 pegadinha
- pegadinhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pegadinha?
- Brazil /pe.ɡaˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [pe.ɡaˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /pɨ.ɡɐˈdi.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pegadinha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pegadinha in Portuguese?
pegadinha appears 2.1 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).