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A anedota
Distinct from piada: an anedota has characters and a narrative, a piada can be a single line. Portuguese also uses anedota in the historical sense of a small revealing episode.
Examples in context
O meu avô sabe centenas de anedotas.
My grandfather knows hundreds of funny stories.
Contou uma anedota que ninguém percebeu.
He told a funny story that nobody understood.
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