pirraça
Portuguese, noun/piˈʁa.sɐ/
pirraça is spelled P-I-R-R-A-Ç-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pirraça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “prank; insult (a word or act directed at someone in order to provoke or irritate them)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of pirraçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “manha”.
What does pirraça mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprank; insult (a word or act directed at someone in order to provoke or irritate them)
- 2
femininetantrum
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-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. manha 2. criancice
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 pirraça
- pirraças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pirraça?
- Brazil /piˈʁa.sɐ/
- Brazil [piˈha.sɐ]
- /piˈʁa.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pirraça
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pirraça in Portuguese?
pirraça appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).