palitinho

Portuguese, noun/pa.liˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/

palitinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “chopsticks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of palito.

What does palitinho mean in English?

noun

1
masculinediminutive of palito
2
Brazilmasculinechopsticks

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

Forms of palitinho

palitinhos plural

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

How do you pronounce palitinho?

Brazil /pa.liˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/
Brazil [pa.liˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃u]
Portugal /pɐ.liˈti.ɲu/

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

How common is palitinho in Portuguese?

palitinho appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.

palitinho0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Portuguesemore common

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