papa-figos
/ˌpa.pɐˈfi.ɡus/
The verdict
“papa-figos” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | papa-figos |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌpa.pɐˈfi.ɡus/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “papa-figos” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
papa-figos is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌpa.pɐˈfi.ɡus/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for papa-figos, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is papa-figos, spelled P-A-P-A---F-I-G-O-S.
Definition
- 1nome 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)
- 2designação dada a diversas aves comuns em terras lusitanas, pertencentes a várias famílias como dos laniídeos, parídeos, regulídeos e silviídeos
- 3em naus redondas, cada vela menor dos mastros grande e traquete, bem como o conjunto delas
- 4figura inventada e monstruosa usada para infundir o medo em crianças
- 5indivíduo que, visando curar-se de lepra ou morfeia, mata crianças para comer-lhes o fígado
- 6homossexual masculino ativo
- 7nome do pássaro endêmico das matas úmidas da ilha de São Tomé, de cor azul-escura e da espécie Oriolus crassirostris
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “papa-figos”
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- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-P-A---F-I-G-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌpa.pɐˈfi.ɡus/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.