pernilongo
Portuguese, noun/peʁ.niˈlõ.ɡu/
pernilongo is spelled P-E-R-N-I-L-O-N-G-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pernilongo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mosquito (flying insect, especially of the genus Culex)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave pernalta; perna-longa”.
What does pernilongo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinemosquito (flying insect, especially of the genus Culex)
- 2
masculineblack-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- 3
Brazilmasculinecranefly (any fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha with very long legs)
adjective
- 1
long-legged
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem pernas compridas
noun: 1. ave pernalta; perna-longa 2. variedade de mosquito, muriçoca, borrachudo 3. mosquito transmissor da febre amarela; pernilongo-rajado 4. carapanã
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 pernilongo
- pernilongos plural
- pernilonga feminine
- pernilongas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pernilongo?
- Brazil /peʁ.niˈlõ.ɡu/
- Brazil [peɦ.niˈlõ.ɡu]
- /peɾ.niˈlõ.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pernilongo in Portuguese?
pernilongo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).