patacoada

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pataquada (misspelling)

Etymology

From pataco +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.taˈkwa.dɐ/

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

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

• Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧co‧a‧da

Noun

patacoada f (plural patacoadas)

1. nonsense

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tolice

2. joke

   Synonyms: piada, brincadeira

3. ridiculous ostentation

   Synonyms: jactância, bazófia, patarata

4. (Brazil) deceit, trickery

   Synonyms: logro, enganação, endrómina, pantomimice

Further reading

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