charada

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French charade, probably from Occitan charrado (“spoken”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈɾa.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈɾa.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈɾa.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈɾa.dɐ/ [ʃɐˈɾa.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈɾa.dɐ/ [ʃɐˈɾa.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐˈɾa.dɐ/ [t͡ʃɐˈɾa.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: cha‧ra‧da

Noun

charada f (plural charadas)

1. riddle (verbal puzzle)

   Synonym: adivinha

2. (figurative) something hard to understand; a mystery

Derived terms

• charadazinha (diminutive)
• charadinha (diminutive)
• matar a charada

Related terms

• charadismo
• charadista
• charadístico

See also

• o que é o que é

Further reading

• “charada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “charada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French charade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈɾada/ [t͡ʃaˈɾa.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: cha‧ra‧da

Noun

charada f (plural charadas)

1. charade

Further reading

• “charada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025