trepa
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɾɛ.pɐ/
trepa is spelled T-R-E-P-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trepa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “beating; spanking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of trepar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tunda de paus, sova”.
What does trepa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalbeating; spanking
Voltas a fazer isso e levas uma trepa.
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
noun: 1. tunda de paus, sova 2. tecido franzido, pregueado, usado para adorno
noun: 1. numa árvore, ramo baixo que permite trepar facilmente
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 trepa
- trepas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trepa?
- Brazil /ˈtɾɛ.pɐ/
- Portugal /ˈtɾɛ.pɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is trepa in Portuguese?
trepa appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).