papa-figos

//ˌpa.pɐˈfi.ɡus// noun

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papa-figos is aPortuguesenoun. It means: nome comum do pássaro migratório Oriolus oriolus das regiões temperadas da Eurásia, de grande dimorfismo sexual onde o macho possui cor amarelo vivo e com asas e cauda pretas enquanto fêmeas e jove... Pronounced /ˌpa.pɐˈfi.ɡus/.

Key facts for papa-figos
PropertyValue
Headwordpapa-figos
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˌpa.pɐˈfi.ɡus/
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

papa-figos is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for papa-figos is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌpa.pɐˈfi.ɡus/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for papa-figos in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is papa-figos, spelled P-A-P-A---F-I-G-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nome comum do pássaro migratório Oriolus oriolus das regiões temperadas da Eurásia, de grande dimorfismo sexual onde o macho possui cor amarelo vivo e com asas e cauda pretas enquanto fêmeas e jovens têm cores mais suaves, bico alaranjado e com duas subespécies reconhecidas: o papa-figos-europeu (com ocorrência na Europa e parte da Ásia, até a Mongólia e o Cazaquistão), e o papa-figos-indiano (presente no Afeganistão e Índia)
  2. 2
    designação dada a diversas aves comuns em terras lusitanas, pertencentes a várias famílias como dos laniídeos, parídeos, regulídeos e silviídeos
  3. 3
    em naus redondas, cada vela menor dos mastros grande e traquete, bem como o conjunto delas
  4. 4
    figura inventada e monstruosa usada para infundir o medo em crianças
  5. 5
    indivíduo que, visando curar-se de lepra ou morfeia, mata crianças para comer-lhes o fígado
  6. 6
    homossexual masculino ativo
  7. 7
    nome do pássaro endêmico das matas úmidas da ilha de São Tomé, de cor azul-escura e da espécie Oriolus crassirostris

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How do you spell "papa-figos"?
"papa-figos" is spelled P-A-P-A---F-I-G-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌpa.pɐˈfi.ɡus/.
What does "papa-figos" mean?
As a noun, "papa-figos" means: nome comum do pássaro migratório Oriolus oriolus das regiões temperadas da Eurásia, de grande dimorfismo sexual onde o macho possui cor amarelo vivo e com asas e cauda pretas enquanto fêmeas e jove...
How do you pronounce "papa-figos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "papa-figos" is /ˌpa.pɐˈfi.ɡus/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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