pelego
Portuguese, noun/peˈle.ɡu/
pelego is spelled P-E-L-E-G-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelego is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sheepskin (skin of a sheep with the fleece left on)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a pele do carneiro com a lã”.
What does pelego mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesheepskin (skin of a sheep with the fleece left on)
- 2
masculinedoormat (someone that is over-submissive to others’ wishes)
- 3
masculinea member of a labor union or a labor union itself that acts contrary to the workers' best interest.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a pele do carneiro com a lã 2. essa pele, usada nos arreios à maneira de xairel 3. tapete feito dessa pele 4. designação comum aos agentes mais ou menos disfarçados do Ministério do Trabalho nos sindicatos operários; pessoa subserviente/servil/dominada por outra, capacho, puxa-saco, bajulador
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 pelego
- pelegos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pelego?
- Brazil /peˈle.ɡu/
- Portugal /pɨˈle.ɡu/
- Portugal [pɨˈle.ɣu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pelego
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pelego in Portuguese?
pelego appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).