papelinho
Portuguese, noun/pa.pɛˈlĩ.ɲu/
papelinho is spelled P-A-P-E-L-I-N-H-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese, the 172,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papelinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “confetti” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of papel. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “papeleto”.
What does papelinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of papel
- 2
masculineconfetti
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. papeleto
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 papelinho
- papelinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papelinho?
- Brazil /pa.pɛˈlĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [pa.pɛˈlĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /pɐ.pɨˈli.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is papelinho in Portuguese?
papelinho appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).