zapping
Portuguese, noun/ˈza.pĩ/
zapping is spelled Z-A-P-P-I-N-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 78,593rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zapping is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver zapeamento”.
What does zapping mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezapping, channel hopping, channel surfing
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver zapeamento
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 zapping
- zappings plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zapping?
- Brazil /ˈza.pĩ/
- Portugal /ˈza.pĩɡ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zapping in Portuguese?
zapping appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).