picaretagem
Portuguese, noun/pi.ka.ɾeˈta.ʒẽj̃/
picaretagem is spelled P-I-C-A-R-E-T-A-G-E-M (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Picaretagem is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fraud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atitude por meio da qual se busca ludibriar outrem e conseguir benefício”.
What does picaretagem mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininefraud
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. atitude por meio da qual se busca ludibriar outrem e conseguir benefício
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 picaretagem
- picaretagens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce picaretagem?
- Brazil /pi.ka.ɾeˈta.ʒẽj̃/
- Brazil [pi.ka.ɾeˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
- Portugal /pi.kɐ.ɾɨˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is picaretagem in Portuguese?
picaretagem appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).