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O trocadilho
From trocar, to swap: a pun swaps one sense for another. Fazer um trocadilho is to make a pun. The apologetic English "no pun intended" is "sem trocadilhos" in Portuguese.
Examples in context
O título do jornal é um trocadilho.
The newspaper headline is a pun.
Adora trocadilhos com nomes próprios.
He loves puns made on proper names.
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