sacanagem
Portuguese, noun/sa.kaˈna.ʒẽj̃/
sacanagem is spelled S-A-C-A-N-A-G-E-M (9 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,397th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sacanagem is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dirty trick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou comportamento de quem é sacana”.
What does sacanagem mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslangdirty trick
Que sacanagem!
- 2
feminineslanganything considered unfair, abusive or wrong
- 3
femininedebauchery
- 4
feminineslangpornography or sexual promiscuity
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou comportamento de quem é sacana 2. imoralidade, safadeza 3. troça, brincadeira de mau gosto
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 sacanagem
- sacanagens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sacanagem?
- Brazil /sa.kaˈna.ʒẽj̃/
- Brazil [sa.kaˈna.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
- Portugal /sɐ.kɐˈna.ʒɐ̃j̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sacanagem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sacanagem in Portuguese?
sacanagem appears 4.9 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).