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palestino

Portuguese, noun/pa.lesˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/

palestino is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Palestinian (someone from Palestine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural da Palestina ou seu habitante”.

What does palestino mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Palestinian (of or relating to Palestine)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinePalestinian (someone from Palestine)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. relativo à Palestina

noun: 1. natural da Palestina ou seu habitante

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 palestino

  • palestina feminine
  • palestinos masculine plural
  • palestinas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce palestino?

  • Brazil /pa.lesˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
  • /pa.leʃˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
  • Portugal /pɐ.lɨʃˈti.nu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to palestino

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is palestino in Portuguese?

palestino appears 3.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).