estilhaço
Portuguese, noun/is.t͡ʃiˈʎa.su/
estilhaço is spelled E-S-T-I-L-H-A-Ç-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,994th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estilhaço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “splinter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of estilhaçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “caco; pedaço quebrado de algo”.
What does estilhaço mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesplinter
- 2
masculineshard
- 3
masculineshrapnel
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of estilhaçar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. caco; pedaço quebrado de algo
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 estilhaço
- estilhaços plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estilhaço?
- Brazil /is.t͡ʃiˈʎa.su/
- Brazil /es.t͡ʃiˈʎa.su/
- /iʃ.t͡ʃiˈʎa.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estilhaço
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estilhaço in Portuguese?
estilhaço appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).