zeugma
Portuguese, noun/ˈzew.ɡi.mɐ/
zeugma is spelled Z-E-U-G-M-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese, the 255,764th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeugma is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “zeugma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “figura de linguagem, por vezes considerada um tipo de elipse, que consiste na omissão de um ou mais elementos…”.
What does zeugma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinezeugma
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. figura de linguagem, por vezes considerada um tipo de elipse, que consiste na omissão de um ou mais elementos de uma oração, já expressos anteriormente (por exemplo, na frase Ana foi à festa de saia e eu de calça, em que se omite a oração ir à festa)
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 zeugma
- zeugmas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zeugma?
- Brazil /ˈzew.ɡi.mɐ/
- Brazil [ˈzeʊ̯.ɡi.mɐ]
- Brazil /ˈzewɡ.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zeugma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zeugma in Portuguese?
zeugma appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).