pajé
Portuguese, noun/paˈʒɛ/
pajé is spelled P-A-J-É (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pajé is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a type of shaman in some indigenous cultures in Brazil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um sacerdote, benzedor ou mandingueiro nas culturas indígenas do Brasil”.
What does pajé mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinea type of shaman in some indigenous cultures in Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. um sacerdote, benzedor ou mandingueiro nas culturas indígenas do Brasil
noun: 1. o mesmo que pajem
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 pajé
- pajés plural
- pagé alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pajé?
- Brazil /paˈʒɛ/
- Portugal /pɐˈʒɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pajé in Portuguese?
pajé appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).