trocadilho

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Portuguese

Etymology

Trocado (“switched”) +‎ -ilho, from trocar (“to switch”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌtɾo.ka.ˈd͡ʒi.ʎu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌtɾo.ka.ˈd͡ʒi.ʎo/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌtɾu.kɐ.ˈði.ʎu/
• Hyphenation: tro‧ca‧di‧lho

Noun

trocadilho m (plural trocadilhos)

1. pun (joke or type of wordplay)

   O trocadilho, infelizmente, é intraduzível.

   The pun is unfortunately untranslatable.

2. spoonerism (phrase where sounds are transposed)

Synonyms

• (pun): calembur
• (spoonerism): spoonerismo

Related terms

• trocadilhar
• trocado
• trocar
• trocadalho
• trocadilhesco
• trocadilhista