peteleco
Portuguese, noun/pe.teˈlɛ.ku/
peteleco is spelled P-E-T-E-L-E-C-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peteleco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fillip (the act of releasing the index finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pancada com a ponta do indicador ou do dedo médio, após impulsioná-lo sobre a face interna do polegar”.
What does peteleco mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinefillip (the act of releasing the index finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pancada com a ponta do indicador ou do dedo médio, após impulsioná-lo sobre a face interna do polegar
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 peteleco
- petelecos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peteleco?
- Brazil /pe.teˈlɛ.ku/
- Portugal /pɨ.tɨˈlɛ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peteleco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peteleco in Portuguese?
peteleco appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).