pilhéria
Portuguese, noun/piˈʎɛ.ɾjɐ/
pilhéria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “joke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “piada”.
What does pilhéria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejoke
- 2
femininefacetiousness
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. piada 2. facécia
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 pilhéria
- pilhérias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pilhéria?
- Brazil /piˈʎɛ.ɾjɐ/
- Portugal /piˈʎɛ.ɾjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pilhéria in Portuguese?
pilhéria appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).