peçonha
Portuguese, noun
peçonha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “venom (animal toxin delivered by a bite or sting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its cedilla, peconha is a different word: “a rope used to secure the feet for climbing branchless trees”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “líquido venenoso segregado por alguns animais”.
What does peçonha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevenom (animal toxin delivered by a bite or sting)
- 2
femininepoison or toxin of any kind
- 3
femininevenom; malice; malevolence; vitriol
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininea rope used to secure the feet for climbing branchless trees
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. líquido venenoso segregado por alguns animais 2. veneno
noun: 1. trançado de folhas amarrado aos pés para subir em árvore
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 peçonha
- peçonhas plural
- peconhas plural
- pe.ço.nha canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to peçonha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peçonha in Portuguese?
peçonha appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).