pangolim
Portuguese, noun/pɐ̃.ɡoˈlĩ/
pangolim is spelled P-A-N-G-O-L-I-M (8 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 162,831st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pangolim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pangolin (long-tailed, scale-covered mammal of the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum aos animais da família Manidae e da ordem Pholidota constituída por três gêneros existentes com…”.
What does pangolim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepangolin (long-tailed, scale-covered mammal of the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome comum aos animais da família Manidae e da ordem Pholidota constituída por três gêneros existentes com pelo menos nove espécies, cinco das quais vivem no leste, sul e sudeste da Ásia, e quatro na África subsaariana, insetívoros (especializados em formigas e cupins) e, adaptados a essa dieta, têm garras escavadoras, focinho tubular com mandíbula desdentada e uma língua longa, possuindo uma cara
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 pangolim
- pangolins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pangolim?
- Brazil /pɐ̃.ɡoˈlĩ/
- Portugal /pɐ̃.ɡuˈlĩ/
- Brazil /pə̃.goˈliɲ/ (São Paulo)
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pangolim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pangolim in Portuguese?
pangolim appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).