peta
Portuguese, noun/ˈpe.tɐ/
peta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fib” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “biscoito de polvilho”.
What does peta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefib
prefix
- 1
peta- (SI prefix multiplying the unit by 10¹⁵)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. biscoito de polvilho
prefix: 1. prefixo do sistema métrico usado para indicar a multiplicação de uma unidade por dez elevado a quinze (quatrilhão)
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 peta
- petas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peta?
- Brazil /ˈpe.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈpe.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peta in Portuguese?
peta appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).