atilho
Portuguese, noun/aˈt͡ʃi.ʎu/
atilho is spelled A-T-I-L-H-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written Portuguese, the 229,473rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atilho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “string, twine, cord” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “barbante, cordão, fita para atar”.
What does atilho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestring, twine, cord
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. barbante, cordão, fita para atar 2. tira estreita e elástica em formato de argola feita de borracha 3. estopim 4. medida de milho
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of atilho
- atilhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atilho?
- Brazil /aˈt͡ʃi.ʎu/
- Portugal /ɐˈti.ʎu/
- Portugal /ɐ.ˈti.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is atilho in Portuguese?
atilho appears about once in every 69 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).