penhasco
Portuguese, noun/pẽˈɲas.ku/
penhasco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cliff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rochedo escarpado”.
What does penhasco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecliff
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rochedo escarpado 2. pedra grande 3. penha alta; rochedo elevado
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 penhasco
- penhascos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce penhasco?
- Brazil /pẽˈɲas.ku/
- Brazil [pẽˈj̃as.ku]
- /pẽˈɲaʃ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to penhasco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is penhasco in Portuguese?
penhasco appears 2.3 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).