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picho

Portuguese, noun/ˈpi.ʃu/

picho is spelled P-I-C-H-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese, the 209,413th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Picho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a small jar or pot used to extract or drink wine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of pichar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que pichel; pequeno pote de barro; vaso antigo, geralmente de estanho, usado para beber vinho”.

What does picho mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Portugalmasculinea small jar or pot used to extract or drink wine

  2. 2

    Portugalmasculineany such small jar or pot

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestreet graffiti

  2. 2

    masculinethe act of spraying graffiti over an urban surface

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of pichar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. o mesmo que pichel; pequeno pote de barro; vaso antigo, geralmente de estanho, usado para beber vinho

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 picho

  • pichos plural
  • pixo alternative nonstandard

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce picho?

  • Brazil /ˈpi.ʃu/
  • Portugal /ˈpi.ʃu/
  • Portugal /ˈpit.ʃu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is picho in Portuguese?

picho appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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