passaralho
Portuguese, noun/pa.saˈɾa.ʎu/
passaralho is spelled P-A-S-S-A-R-A-L-H-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese, the 180,215th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passaralho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “depiction of a penis with wings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “demissão em massa; dispensa de número significativo de funcionários”.
What does passaralho mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinedepiction of a penis with wings
- 2
colloquialmasculinethe act of firing a large number of employees
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. demissão em massa; dispensa de número significativo de funcionários 2. desenho ou representação de genitais masculinos com asas
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 passaralho
- passaralhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passaralho?
- Brazil /pa.saˈɾa.ʎu/
- Portugal /pɐ.sɐˈɾa.ʎu/
- /pɐsɐrˈɐʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is passaralho in Portuguese?
passaralho appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).