peixe-papagaio

Portuguese, noun/ˌpe(j).ʃi.pa.paˈɡaj.u/

peixe-papagaio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense, a fish of the Atlantic Ocean)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does peixe-papagaio mean in English?

noun

1
masculineparrotfish (Sparisoma cretense, a fish of the Atlantic Ocean)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of peixe-papagaio

peixes-papagaio plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce peixe-papagaio?

Brazil /ˌpe(j).ʃi.pa.paˈɡaj.u/
Brazil [ˌpe(ɪ̯).ʃi.pa.paˈɡaɪ̯.u]
Portugal /ˌpɐj.ʃɨ.pɐ.pɐˈɡaj.u/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to peixe-papagaio

parrotfish

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.