treta
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish treta (“feint, trick”), from French traite.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: tre‧ta
Noun[edit]
treta f (plural tretas)
- (fencing, boxing) feint
- (by extension) trick, ruse
- (informal) humbug, nonsense
- (in the plural) angry discussion; fight
- (Brazil, slang) problem
Synonyms[edit]
- (trick): estratagema
- (nonsense): mentira
- (discussion): lábia, léria, palavreado
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
treta f (plural tretas)
Descendants[edit]
- Portuguese: treta
