jalapeño
Portuguese, noun/ʁa.laˈpẽ.ɲu/
jalapeño is spelled J-A-L-A-P-E-Ñ-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jalapeño is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of jalapenho” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does jalapeño mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of jalapenho
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of jalapeño
- jalapeños plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jalapeño?
- Brazil /ʁa.laˈpẽ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ha.laˈpẽ.j̃u]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jalapeño in Portuguese?
jalapeño appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).