pijama
Portuguese, noun/piˈʒɐ̃.mɐ/
pijama is spelled P-I-J-A-M-A (6 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,397th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pijama is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pajamas (clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vestuário para dormir”.
What does pijama mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepajamas (clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vestuário para dormir
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 pijama
- pijamas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pijama?
- Brazil /piˈʒɐ̃.mɐ/
- Portugal /piˈʒɐ.mɐ/
- Portugal /piˈʒa.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pijama
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pijama in Portuguese?
pijama appears 4.9 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).