ricochetear
Portuguese, verb/ʁi.ko.ʃe.teˈa(ʁ)/
ricochetear is spelled R-I-C-O-C-H-E-T-E-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese, the 151,527th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ricochetear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to skim, to ricochet (rebound off something in a random direction)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer ricochete”.
What does ricochetear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to skim, to ricochet (rebound off something in a random direction)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer ricochete
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 ricochetear
- ricocheteio first-person present singular
- ricocheteei first-person preterite singular
- ricocheteado participle past
- ricocheteares infinitive second-person singular
- ricochetearmos first-person infinitive plural
- ricocheteardes infinitive plural second-person
- ricochetearem infinitive plural third-person
- ricocheteando gerund
- ricocheteados masculine participle past
- ricocheteada feminine participle past
- ricocheteadas feminine participle past
- ricocheteias indicative present second-person
- ricocheteia indicative present singular
- ricocheteamos first-person indicative plural
- ricocheteais indicative plural present
- ricocheteiam indicative plural present
- ricocheteava first-person imperfect indicative
- ricocheteavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ricochetear?
- Brazil /ʁi.ko.ʃe.teˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [hi.ko.ʃe.teˈa(h)]
- /ʁi.ko.ʃe.teˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ricochetear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ricochetear in Portuguese?
ricochetear appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).