paus
Portuguese, noun/ˈpaws/
paus is spelled P-A-U-S (4 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,472nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paus is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “clubs (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of pau. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “naipe de cartas de baralho representado por um trevo negro (preto) ( ♣ )”.
What does paus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclubs (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣)
noun
- 1
plural of pau
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. naipe de cartas de baralho representado por um trevo negro (preto) ( ♣ )
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.
How do you pronounce paus?
- Brazil /ˈpaws/
- Brazil [ˈpaʊ̯s]
- /ˈpawʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paus in Portuguese?
paus appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).