pauzinho
Portuguese, noun/ˌpawˈzĩ.ɲu/
pauzinho is spelled P-A-U-Z-I-N-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,861st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pauzinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “chopstick (eating utensil)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of pau. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “talher em estilo oriental”.
What does pauzinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of pau
- 2
masculinechopstick (eating utensil)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. talher em estilo oriental
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 pauzinho
- pauzinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pauzinho?
- Brazil /ˌpawˈzĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ˌpaʊ̯ˈzĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ˌpawˈzi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pauzinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pauzinho in Portuguese?
pauzinho appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).