peripécia
Portuguese, noun/pe.ɾiˈpɛ.sjɐ/
peripécia is spelled P-E-R-I-P-É-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 117,162nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peripécia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “peripeteia (sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fato imprevisto, incidente, aventura”.
What does peripécia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineperipeteia (sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point)
- 2
femininean unexpected occurrence
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fato imprevisto, incidente, aventura 2. momento em que ocorrem fatos inesperados
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 peripécia
- peripécias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peripécia?
- Brazil /pe.ɾiˈpɛ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /pɨ.ɾiˈpɛ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peripécia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peripécia in Portuguese?
peripécia appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).