piegas
Portuguese, noun/piˈɛ.ɡɐs/
piegas is spelled P-I-E-G-A-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piegas is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “one who is excessively sentimental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does piegas mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sappy, cheesy (overly sentimental)
- 2
who becomes embarrassed easily, by insignificant things
noun
- 1
femininemasculineone who is excessively sentimental
- 2
femininemasculineone who becomes embarrassed easily
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que apela excessivamente para o sentimento
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.
How do you pronounce piegas?
- Brazil /piˈɛ.ɡɐs/
- Brazil /ˈpjɛ.ɡɐs/
- /piˈɛ.ɡɐʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to piegas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piegas in Portuguese?
piegas appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).