pagar pau
Portuguese, verb
pagar pau is a Portuguese verb meaning “to fawn (seek approbation by flattery)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pagar pau mean in English?
verb
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Brazilto fawn (seek approbation by flattery)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. ser, monstrar-se admirador e bajulante promovedor de defesa ou enaltecimento, exaltação positiva pública de algo ou alguém
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 pagar pau
- pago pau first-person present singular
- paguei pau first-person preterite singular
- pagado pau participle past
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).