parapeito
Portuguese, noun/pa.ɾɐˈpej.tu/
parapeito is spelled P-A-R-A-P-E-I-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,839th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parapeito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “parapet (a piece of wood, generally at chest height, that makes up the inside of a window and is used as support by people leaning against…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parede ou resguardo que se eleva à altura do peito ou pouco menos, à borda de terraços, pontes, galerias…”.
What does parapeito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparapet (a piece of wood, generally at chest height, that makes up the inside of a window and is used as support by people leaning against it)
- 2
masculineparapet (land mass that protects the defender from frontal fire and allows the firing of their weapon to occur)
- 3
masculinebalustrade, guardrail (protection at the edge of piers, bridges, terraces, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parede ou resguardo que se eleva à altura do peito ou pouco menos, à borda de terraços, pontes, galerias, janelas, etc
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 parapeito
- parapeitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parapeito?
- Brazil /pa.ɾɐˈpej.tu/
- Brazil [pa.ɾɐˈpeɪ̯.tu]
- Portugal /pɐ.ɾɐˈpɐj.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parapeito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parapeito in Portuguese?
parapeito appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).