piada
Portuguese, noun/piˈa.dɐ/
piada is spelled P-I-A-D-A (5 letters) and appears 44 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “joke (amusing story)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of piado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “som produzido pelas aves ao piar”.
What does piada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejoke (amusing story)
Toby não sabe contar piadas.
- 2
femininechirping (action of chirping)
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of piado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. som produzido pelas aves ao piar 2. pequena história, normalmente ficcional, com final engraçado 3. coisa dita ou feita que causa divertimento 4. coisa inútil, incapaz ou sem valor
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 piada
- piadas plural
- piadinha diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piada?
- Brazil /piˈa.dɐ/
- Portugal /ˈpja.dɐ/
- Portugal [ˈpja.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 piada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piada in Portuguese?
piada appears 44 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).