wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt

//veːɐ̯ nɪçt ˈvaːkt deːɐ̯ nɪçt ɡəˈvɪnt/ ouvir^(fonte ?)/ proverb

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Language

Portuguese

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wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt is aPortugueseproverb. It means: (literalmente, "quem não arrisca que não ganha") quem não arrisca não petisca. Pronounced /veːɐ̯ nɪçt ˈvaːkt deːɐ̯ nɪçt ɡəˈvɪnt/ ouvir^(fonte ?).

Key facts for wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt
PropertyValue
Headwordwer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechProverb
IPA/veːɐ̯ nɪçt ˈvaːkt deːɐ̯ nɪçt ɡəˈvɪnt/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
Letters33
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt is 33 letters long, classified as aproverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /veːɐ̯ nɪçt ˈvaːkt deːɐ̯ nɪçt ɡəˈvɪnt/ ouvir^(fonte ?). It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(literalmente, "quem não arrisca que não ganha") quem não arrisca não petisca.".

No misspelling variants are generated for wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt, spelled W-E-R- -N-I-C-H-T- -W-A-G-T-,- -D-E-R- -N-I-C-H-T- -G-E-W-I-N-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    (literalmente, "quem não arrisca que não ganha") quem não arrisca não petisca.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt"?
"wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt" is spelled W-E-R- -N-I-C-H-T- -W-A-G-T-,- -D-E-R- -N-I-C-H-T- -G-E-W-I-N-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /veːɐ̯ nɪçt ˈvaːkt deːɐ̯ nɪçt ɡəˈvɪnt/ ouvir^(fonte ?).
What does "wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt" mean?
As a proverb, "wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt" means: (literalmente, "quem não arrisca que não ganha") quem não arrisca não petisca.
How do you pronounce "wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt" is /veːɐ̯ nɪçt ˈvaːkt deːɐ̯ nɪçt ɡəˈvɪnt/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt" come from?
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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.