piparote
Portuguese, noun/pi.paˈɾɔ.t͡ʃi/
piparote is spelled P-I-P-A-R-O-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piparote is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fillip (the act of releasing a finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of piparotar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pancada com a ponta do indicador ou do dedo médio, após impulsioná-lo sobre a face interna do polegar”.
What does piparote mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefillip (the act of releasing a finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap)
- 2
masculineadmonition
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pancada com a ponta do indicador ou do dedo médio, após impulsioná-lo sobre a face interna do polegar
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 piparote
- piparotes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piparote?
- Brazil /pi.paˈɾɔ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /pi.pɐˈɾɔ.tɨ/
- Brazil /pa.pɪ.ˈɾɔ.ʧɪ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to piparote
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piparote in Portuguese?
piparote appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).