piripaque
Portuguese, noun/pi.ɾiˈpa.ki/
piripaque is spelled P-I-R-I-P-A-Q-U-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 123,299th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piripaque is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sudden and momentary indisposition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mal-estar; perda de cor; queda da pressão sanguínea; ataque cardíaco; mal súbito”.
What does piripaque mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinesudden and momentary indisposition
- 2
informalmasculinedisease or indisposition of unknown cause
- 3
informalmasculinenervous fit
- 4
informalmasculinehindrance, problem, especially one of unknown cause
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mal-estar; perda de cor; queda da pressão sanguínea; ataque cardíaco; mal súbito 2. mal funcionamento
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 piripaque
- piripaques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piripaque?
- Brazil /pi.ɾiˈpa.ki/
- Portugal /pi.ɾiˈpa.kɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is piripaque in Portuguese?
piripaque appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).