trocadilho

Meaning

1. (masculine) pun (joke or type of wordplay)
2. (masculine) spoonerism (phrase where sounds are transposed)

Concepts

pun

wordplay

play on words

paronomasia

quibble

spoonerism

punning

Synonyms

calembur

paranomásia

spoonerismo

Antístrofe

Paranomásia

Translations

gioco di parole

Wortspiel

calembour

jeu de mots

juego de palabras

Kalauer

woordspeling

Witz

🤣

calambur

joc de paraules

freddura

contrepèterie

contrepet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɾo.kaˈd͡ʒi.ʎu/

Etymology

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