troca-tintas

adj

The verdict

“troca-tintas” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pintor reles, pouco habilidoso

Key facts for troca-tintas
PropertyValue
Headwordtroca-tintas
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “troca-tintas” sits in Portuguese frequency

troca-tintas falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

troca-tintas is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

troca-tintas has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is troca-tintas, spelled T-R-O-C-A---T-I-N-T-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    pintor reles, pouco habilidoso
  2. 2
    pessoa fraudulenta e pouco confiável
  3. 3
    pessoa que muda de opinião facilmente
  4. 4
    pessoa desorganizada, que se atrapalha facilmente

Synonyms

burlãotrapaceirovigaristainconstantemaria-vai-com-as-outrastrapalhão

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "troca-tintas"?
"troca-tintas" is spelled T-R-O-C-A---T-I-N-T-A-S.
What does "troca-tintas" mean?
As an adjective, "troca-tintas" means: pintor reles, pouco habilidoso
What language does "troca-tintas" come from?
"troca-tintas" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “troca-tintas”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-R-O-C-A---T-I-N-T-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list