pacotilha
Portuguese, noun/pa.koˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/
pacotilha is spelled P-A-C-O-T-I-L-H-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 164,273rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pacotilha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pacotille (cheap objects sold for a high profit to faraway peoples)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pacotilha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepacotille (cheap objects sold for a high profit to faraway peoples)
- 2
feminineallowance (amount of luggage a passenger is allowed to carry free of charge)
- 3
femininejunk (cheap, tacky objects)
- 4
Brazilfemininegang (organisation of criminals)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pacotilha
- pacotilhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pacotilha?
- Brazil /pa.koˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /pɐ.kuˈti.ʎɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pacotilha in Portuguese?
pacotilha appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).