pirueta
Portuguese, noun/pi.ɾuˈe.tɐ/
pirueta is spelled P-I-R-U-E-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pirueta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pirouette (whirling or turning on the toes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pirueta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepirouette (whirling or turning on the toes)
- 2
feminineany whirling movement around one’s own axis
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pirueta
- piruetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pirueta?
- Brazil /pi.ɾuˈe.tɐ/
- Brazil /piˈɾwe.tɐ/
- Portugal /piˈɾwe.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pirueta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pirueta in Portuguese?
pirueta appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).