perlimpimpim
Portuguese, noun/peʁ.lĩ.pĩˈpĩ/
perlimpimpim is spelled P-E-R-L-I-M-P-I-M-P-I-M (12 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese, the 197,229th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perlimpimpim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “only used in pó de perlimpimpim” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does perlimpimpim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineonly used in pó de perlimpimpim
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of perlimpimpim
- perlimpimpins plural
- pirlimpimpim alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perlimpimpim?
- Brazil /peʁ.lĩ.pĩˈpĩ/
- Brazil [peɦ.lĩ.pĩˈpĩ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is perlimpimpim in Portuguese?
perlimpimpim appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).