remar contra a maré

//ʁeˈma(ʁ) ˈkõ.tɾɐ a maˈɾɛ// phrase

Letters

19 characters

Language

Portuguese

word origin

Misspellings

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Confusables

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remar contra a maré is aPortuguesephrase. It means: enfrentar uma força maior e contrária Pronounced /ʁeˈma(ʁ) ˈkõ.tɾɐ a maˈɾɛ/.

Key facts for remar contra a maré
PropertyValue
Headwordremar contra a maré
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
IPA/ʁeˈma(ʁ) ˈkõ.tɾɐ a maˈɾɛ/
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

remar contra a maré is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for remar contra a maré is 19 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʁeˈma(ʁ) ˈkõ.tɾɐ a maˈɾɛ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for remar contra a maré in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is remar contra a maré, spelled R-E-M-A-R- -C-O-N-T-R-A- -A- -M-A-R-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    enfrentar uma força maior e contrária
  2. 2
    defender alguém uma opinião ou ideia diversa da maioria
  3. 3
    enfrentar todas as dificuldades para conseguir algo, em geral muito difícil ou considerado impossível
  4. 4
    seguir devagar, realizando muito trabalho
  5. 5
    realizar esforço inútil, em vão

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "remar contra a maré"?
"remar contra a maré" is spelled R-E-M-A-R- -C-O-N-T-R-A- -A- -M-A-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is /ʁeˈma(ʁ) ˈkõ.tɾɐ a maˈɾɛ/.
What does "remar contra a maré" mean?
As a phrase, "remar contra a maré" means: enfrentar uma força maior e contrária
How do you pronounce "remar contra a maré"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "remar contra a maré" is /ʁeˈma(ʁ) ˈkõ.tɾɐ a maˈɾɛ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "remar contra a maré" come from?
"remar contra a maré" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.