picapau
Portuguese, noun/pi.kaˈpaw/
picapau is spelled P-I-C-A-P-A-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Picapau is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of pica-pau” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “uma espécie de pássaro da família Picidae, cujo bico é afiado o suficiente para bicar árvores em busca de…”.
What does picapau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of pica-pau
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. uma espécie de pássaro da família Picidae, cujo bico é afiado o suficiente para bicar árvores em busca de comida
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 picapau
- picapaus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce picapau?
- Brazil /pi.kaˈpaw/
- Brazil [pi.kaˈpaʊ̯]
- Portugal /pi.kɐˈpaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to picapau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is picapau in Portuguese?
picapau 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).