pontapé
Portuguese, noun/põ.taˈpɛ/
pontapé is spelled P-O-N-T-A-P-É (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,997th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pontapé is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kick (with the toe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pancada com a ponta do pé”.
What does pontapé mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekick (with the toe)
- 2
masculinemistake, blunder
Um pontapé na gramática.
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 pé
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 pontapé
- pontapés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pontapé?
- Brazil /põ.taˈpɛ/
- Portugal /põ.tɐˈpɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pontapé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pontapé in Portuguese?
pontapé appears 2.8 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).