períneo
Portuguese, noun/peˈɾĩ.nju/
períneo is spelled P-E-R-Í-N-E-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,059th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Períneo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “perineum (set of soft parts that internally closes the pelvis of mammals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “região do corpo humano que começa, para as mulheres na parte de baixo da vulva e estende-se até o ânus; no…”.
What does períneo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineperineum (set of soft parts that internally closes the pelvis of mammals)
- 2
masculineperineum (area between the anus and the sexual organs)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. região do corpo humano que começa, para as mulheres na parte de baixo da vulva e estende-se até o ânus; no homem, localiza-se entre o saco escrotal e o ânus
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 períneo
- períneos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce períneo?
- Brazil /peˈɾĩ.nju/
- Portugal /pɨˈɾi.nju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to períneo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is períneo in Portuguese?
períneo appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).