picanço
Portuguese, noun/piˈkɐ̃.su/
picanço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shrike (any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave da família Laniidae, pelo comum predatória”.
What does picanço mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshrike (any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ave da família Laniidae, pelo comum predatória 2. engenho para tirar água dos poços, cegonha
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 picanço
- picanços plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce picanço?
- Brazil /piˈkɐ̃.su/
- Portugal /piˈkɐ̃.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to picanço
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is picanço in Portuguese?
picanço 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).