pichação
Portuguese, noun/pi.ʃaˈsɐ̃w̃/
pichação is spelled P-I-C-H-A-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pichação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “The act of writing or scribbling on facades of buildings, walls or other surfaces” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação ou efeito de pichar”.
What does pichação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineThe act of writing or scribbling on facades of buildings, walls or other surfaces.
- 2
feminineWriting or scribble on a facade, wall or other surface.
- 3
feminineinformaldefamation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação ou efeito de pichar 2. comentário de teor crítico e maldoso
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 pichação
- pichações plural
- pixação alternative nonstandard
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pichação?
- Brazil /pi.ʃaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pi.ʃaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pi.ʃɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pichação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pichação in Portuguese?
pichação 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).