pelourinho
Portuguese, noun/pe.lo(w)ˈɾĩ.ɲu/
pelourinho is spelled P-E-L-O-U-R-I-N-H-O (10 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,794th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelourinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “whipping post” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “coluna de pedra ou de madeira usada como marco da elevação de um povoado a vila; no local onde estava…”.
What does pelourinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhipping post
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. coluna de pedra ou de madeira usada como marco da elevação de um povoado a vila; no local onde estava instalado, costumava-se aplicar castigos exemplares
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 pelourinho
- pelourinhos plural
- peloirinho alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pelourinho?
- Brazil /pe.lo(w)ˈɾĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [pe.lo(ʊ̯)ˈɾĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /pɨ.lo(w)ˈɾi.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 pelourinho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pelourinho in Portuguese?
pelourinho appears 2.6 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).