trocadilho
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From trocado (“switched”) + -ilho, from trocar (“to switch”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -iʎu
- Hyphenation: tro‧ca‧di‧lho
Noun[edit]
trocadilho m (plural trocadilhos)
- pun (joke or type of wordplay)
- Synonym: calembur
- O trocadilho, infelizmente, é intraduzível.
- The pun is unfortunately untranslatable.
- spoonerism (phrase where sounds are transposed)
- Synonym: spoonerismo