sapeca
Portuguese, noun/saˈpɛ.kɐ/
sapeca is spelled S-A-P-E-C-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sapeca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a mischievous child” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of sapecar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “criança divertida, levada”.
What does sapeca mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemischievous (causing mischief)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea mischievous child
- 2
femininemasculinereprimand
noun
- 1
femininea round Chinese copper coin
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de criança divertida, levada
noun: 1. criança divertida, levada 2. moeda de cobre chinesa redonda e com um orifício quadrado no centro
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 sapeca
- sapecas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sapeca?
- Brazil /saˈpɛ.kɐ/
- Portugal /sɐˈpɛ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sapeca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sapeca in Portuguese?
sapeca 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).