pau-brasil
Portuguese, noun/ˌpaw.bɾaˈziw/
pau-brasil is spelled P-A-U-B-R-A-S-I-L (9 letters). Pau-brasil is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “brazilwood (a Brazilian timber tree, Paubrasilia echinata)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “árvore leguminosa (Caesalpinia echinata Lam.) de madeira dura e vermelha, de até 30 m de altura, outrora…”.
What does pau-brasil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrazilwood (a Brazilian timber tree, Paubrasilia echinata)
- 2
masculineobsoletesappanwood (Biancaea sappan)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. árvore leguminosa (Caesalpinia echinata Lam.) de madeira dura e vermelha, de até 30 m de altura, outrora largamente distribuída pelo litoral brasileiro e hoje ameaçada de extinção 2. a madeira dessa árvore 3. nome comum a diversas árvores de madeira vermelha; brasil 4. o mesmo que sibipiruna (Caesalpinia peltophoroides)
noun: 1. município do estado da Bahia, Brasil
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 pau-brasil
- paus-brasil plural
- paus-brasis plural
- Pau Bra.sil canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pau-brasil?
- Brazil /ˌpaw.bɾaˈziw/
- Brazil [ˌpaʊ̯.bɾaˈziʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˌpaw.bɾɐˈzil/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pau-brasil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.