pico
Portuguese, noun/ˈpi.ku/
pico is spelled P-I-C-O (4 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,626th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “peak, summit, top (the highest point of a mountain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of picar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cume aguçado”.
What does pico mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepeak, summit, top (the highest point of a mountain)
Escalaram até o pico.
- 2
masculinea high mountain that ends in a peak
O Pico da Neblina é a montanha mais alta do Brasil.
- 3
masculinetop, apogee, acme (the greatest, highest, most successful or most developed point of anything)
- 4
masculinesharp tip of anything
- 5
masculinethorn
- 6
masculinetart or acid flavour
- 7
masculinezest, enthusiasm, excitement
- 8
masculineinstrument for cutting stone
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of picar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cume aguçado 2. monte alto que termina em bico 3. ponta aguda
noun: 1. ilha do arquipélago português dos Açores 2. montanha na ilha do mesmo nome 3. freguesia do concelho de Vila Verde, distrito de Braga (Portugal)
prefix: 1. prefixo do sistema métrico usado para indicar a multiplicação de uma unidade por dez elevado a menos doze (trilionésima parte)
noun: 1. gesto obsceno que consiste em pôr o dedo médio da mão com este estendido com os outros contractos curvados
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 pico
- picos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pico?
- Brazil /ˈpi.ku/
- Portugal /ˈpi.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 pico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pico in Portuguese?
pico appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).