zaragata

noun

The verdict

“zaragata” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desordem, confusão, briga

Corpus desk

Index PT-zaragata · zaragata · Portuguese

zaragata · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for zaragata
PropertyValue
Headwordzaragata
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “zaragata” em português

zaragatanão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

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

Rare enough to double-check

zaragata is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "desordem, confusão, briga".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zaragata, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is zaragata, spelled Z-A-R-A-G-A-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    desordem, confusão, briga

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how zaragata appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Uma zaragata entre dois vizinhos.

Synonyms

brigaconfusãodesordemsangangu

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 "zaragata"?
"zaragata" is spelled Z-A-R-A-G-A-T-A.
What does "zaragata" mean?
As a noun, "zaragata" means: desordem, confusão, briga
What language does "zaragata" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list