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peludo

Portuguese, adjective/peˈlu.du/

peludo is spelled P-E-L-U-D-O (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peludo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “having a lot of hair on the body; hairy; furry; hirsute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem muitos pelos”.

What does peludo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    having a lot of hair on the body; hairy; furry; hirsute

  2. 2

    having a lot of fur; hairy; furry

  3. 3

    having hair growing from it; hairy; furry; hirsute

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que tem muitos pelos 2. que tem o corpo coberto de pelos

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 peludo

  • peluda feminine
  • peludos masculine plural
  • peludas feminine plural
  • mais peludo comparative
  • o mais peludo superlative
  • peludíssimo superlative

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

How do you pronounce peludo?

  • Brazil /peˈlu.du/
  • Portugal /pɨˈlu.du/
  • Portugal [pɨˈlu.ðu]

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

English words that translate to peludo

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

How common is peludo in Portuguese?

peludo appears 1.4 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).

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