painho
Portuguese, noun/paˈĩ.ɲu/
painho is spelled P-A-I-N-H-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 65,361st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Painho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “storm petrel (any of several small seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of paio. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pai, papai”.
What does painho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestorm petrel (any of several small seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of paizinho; equivalent to dad or daddy
- 2
masculineLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian president
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of paio
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pai, papai
noun: 1. pequena ave pelágica semelhante a uma andorinha, pertencente aos géneros Hydrobates, Oceanites, Oceanodroma
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 painho
- painhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce painho?
- Brazil /paˈĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [paˈĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /pɐˈi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is painho in Portuguese?
painho appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).