pai dos burros
/ˈpaj duz ˈbu.ʁus/
The verdict
“pai dos burros” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - forma, um tanto depreciativa, de nomear o dicionário
Corpus desk
Index PT-pai-dos-burros · pai dos burros · Portuguese
pai dos burros · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pai dos burros |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | /ˈpaj duz ˈbu.ʁus/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pai dos burros” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pai dos burros is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed /ˈpaj duz ˈbu.ʁus/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "forma, um tanto depreciativa, de nomear o dicionário".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pai dos burros in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is pai dos burros, spelled P-A-I- -D-O-S- -B-U-R-R-O-S.
Definition
- 1forma, um tanto depreciativa, de nomear o dicionário
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pai dos burros appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Em caso de dúvida, consulte-se o pai dos burros, nome dado ao dicionário na linguagem coloquial. Agora escrito sem hifens, conforme a nova ortografia, que aboliu esse diacrítico ou sinal gráfico do pai-dos-burros, assim registrado por Antônio Houaiss, Aurélio Buarque de Hollanda, Caldas Aulete e outros renomados mestres da escrita correta.
Synonyms
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.