parelho
Portuguese, adjective/paˈɾe.ʎu/
parelho is spelled P-A-R-E-L-H-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 92,647th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parelho is a Portuguese adjective meaning “forming a pair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “semelhante, igual”.
What does parelho mean in English?
adjective
- 1
forming a pair
- 2
similar, equal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. semelhante, igual 2. que se forma de partes iguais 3. semelhante aos da sua espécie 4. que forma par
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 parelho
- parelha feminine
- parelhos masculine plural
- parelhas feminine plural
- mais parelho comparative
- o mais parelho superlative
- parelhíssimo superlative
- parelhinho diminutive
- parelhão augmentative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parelho?
- Brazil /paˈɾe.ʎu/
- Portugal /pɐˈɾɐ(j).ʎu/
- Portugal /pɐˈɾe.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is parelho in Portuguese?
parelho appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).