pequiá

//pe.kiˈa/ [pe.kɪˈa], /peˈkja/ (coloquial)/ noun

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6 characters

Language

Portuguese

word origin

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pequiá is aPortuguesenoun. It means: o mesmo que pequi Pronounced /pe.kiˈa/ [pe.kɪˈa], /peˈkja/ (coloquial).

Key facts for pequiá
PropertyValue
Headwordpequiá
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pe.kiˈa/ [pe.kɪˈa], /peˈkja/ (coloquial)
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

pequiá is not present in the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pequiá is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pe.kiˈa/ [pe.kɪˈa], /peˈkja/ (coloquial). It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for pequiá in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is pequiá, spelled P-E-Q-U-I-Á, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    o mesmo que pequi
  2. 2
    árvore (Caryocar villosum) típica da floresta pluvial da Amazônia brasileira e Guiana Francesa, da família das cariocaráceas, com frutos e lenho semelhantes ao pequi, de grande porte e madeira usada para a construção de embarcações, flores de cor amarelada e frutos e sementes comestíveis
  3. 3
    nome comum a várias árvores apocináceas (do gênero Aspidosperma, particularmente a A. parvifolium) nativas do Brasil, endêmicas, de ocorrência nos estados da Região Sudeste do país e de madeira apreciada
  4. 4
    por extensão, o fruto e a madeira dessas árvores
  5. 5
    bastão ou bengala feita com essa madeira
  6. 6
    cesto de pequenas dimensões feito de taquara

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pequiá"?
"pequiá" is spelled P-E-Q-U-I-Á. The IPA pronunciation is /pe.kiˈa/ [pe.kɪˈa], /peˈkja/ (coloquial).
What does "pequiá" mean?
As a noun, "pequiá" means: o mesmo que pequi
How do you pronounce "pequiá"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pequiá" is /pe.kiˈa/ [pe.kɪˈa], /peˈkja/ (coloquial). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pequiá" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.