pagar mico

phrase

The verdict

“pagar mico” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - passar vergonha

Corpus desk

Index PT-pagar-mico · pagar mico · Portuguese

pagar mico · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for pagar mico
PropertyValue
Headwordpagar mico
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “pagar mico” em português

pagar miconão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pagar mico is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "passar vergonha".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pagar mico, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is pagar mico, spelled P-A-G-A-R- -M-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    passar vergonha

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how pagar mico appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A dica é tentar várias vezes em casa antes de sair e pagar mico.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pagar mico"?
"pagar mico" is spelled P-A-G-A-R- -M-I-C-O.
What does "pagar mico" mean?
As a phrase, "pagar mico" means: passar vergonha
What language does "pagar mico" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list