pirataria
Portuguese, noun/pi.ɾa.taˈɾi.ɐ/
pirataria is spelled P-I-R-A-T-A-R-I-A (9 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,306th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pirataria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “life or trade of a pirate; privateer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação dos piratas em alto-mar”.
What does pirataria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelife or trade of a pirate; privateer
- 2
femininepiracy (robbery at sea)
- 3
femininecrowd of pirates
- 4
femininepiracy (unauthorised duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law)
- 5
femininehijacking a plane with the aim of making certain claims
- 6
feminineextortion, robbery, rascality
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação dos piratas em alto-mar 2. falsificação, cópia de produtos, em contrariedade ao direito autoral
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 pirataria
- piratarias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pirataria?
- Brazil /pi.ɾa.taˈɾi.ɐ/
- Portugal /pi.ɾɐ.tɐˈɾi.ɐ/
- Portugal /pi.ɾɐ.tɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pirataria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pirataria in Portuguese?
pirataria appears 4.0 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).