picumã
Portuguese, noun/pi.kuˈmɐ̃/
picumã is spelled P-I-C-U-M-Ã (6 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 159,424th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Picumã is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “soot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fuligem”.
What does picumã mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinesoot
- 2
Brazilmasculinespider webs blackened by soot
- 3
Brazilcolloquialmasculinefrizzy hair
- 4
Brazilmasculineslanghair
- 5
Brazilmasculineslangwig
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fuligem 2. por extensão, a teia de aranha que ficou escurecida pela fuligem 3. cabelo pixaim (crespo e frisado); carapinha 4. cabelo, peruca
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 picumã
- picumãs plural
- pucumã alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce picumã?
- Brazil /pi.kuˈmɐ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is picumã in Portuguese?
picumã appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).