penduricalho
Portuguese, noun/pẽ.du.ɾiˈka.ʎu/
penduricalho is spelled P-E-N-D-U-R-I-C-A-L-H-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese, the 195,116th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Penduricalho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pendant (dangling jewel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ornamento pendente”.
What does penduricalho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinependant (dangling jewel)
- 2
masculineany concept analogous to a pendant
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ornamento pendente 2. pagamento de dívida ou benecífio adicional remunerativo ou de ajuda de custo em relação ao que já se tem de pagar como despesa base
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 penduricalho
- penduricalhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce penduricalho?
- Brazil /pẽ.du.ɾiˈka.ʎu/
- Portugal /pẽ.du.ɾiˈka.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is penduricalho in Portuguese?
penduricalho appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).