pífaro
Portuguese, noun/ˈpi.fa.ɾu/
pífaro is spelled P-Í-F-A-R-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pífaro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fife (small, shrill pipe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tipo simples de instrumento de sopro de madeira que se assemelha à flauta”.
What does pífaro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefife (small, shrill pipe)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tipo simples de instrumento de sopro de madeira que se assemelha à flauta
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 pífaro
- pífaros plural
- pífano alternative
- pifaro alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pífaro?
- Brazil /ˈpi.fa.ɾu/
- Portugal /ˈpi.fɐ.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pífaro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pífaro in Portuguese?
pífaro appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).