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peixe de briga

Portuguese, noun

peixe de briga is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of peixe-de-briga; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, peixe-de-briga is a different word: “fighting fish (Betta splendens, a small, aggressive freshwater fish…”.

What does peixe de briga mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of peixe-de-briga; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

noun

as peixe-de-briga
  1. 1

    masculinefighting fish (Betta splendens, a small, aggressive freshwater fish popular as an aquarium fish)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of peixe de briga

  • peixes de briga plural
  • peixes-de-briga plural
  • peixe de briga alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).