pequerrucho
Portuguese, noun/pe.keˈʁu.ʃu/
pequerrucho is spelled P-E-Q-U-E-R-R-U-C-H-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese, the 181,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pequerrucho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “small child; toddler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “menino”.
What does pequerrucho mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinesmall child; toddler
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se encontra na infância ou na meninice 2. muito pequeno
noun: 1. menino 2. criança
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 pequerrucho
- pequerruchos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pequerrucho?
- Brazil /pe.keˈʁu.ʃu/
- Brazil [pe.keˈhu.ʃu]
- Brazil /pi.kiˈʁu.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pequerrucho in Portuguese?
pequerrucho appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).