pincel
Portuguese, noun/pĩˈsɛw/
pincel is spelled P-I-N-C-E-L (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,965th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pincel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “paintbrush” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento formado por um tufo de pelos atados a um cabo que serve para pintar, ensaboar, etc”.
What does pincel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepaintbrush
- 2
masculineellipsis of pincel de maquiagem (“makeup brush”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento formado por um tufo de pelos atados a um cabo que serve para pintar, ensaboar, etc 2. broxa
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 pincel
- pincéis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pincel?
- Brazil /pĩˈsɛw/
- Brazil [pĩˈsɛʊ̯]
- Portugal /pĩˈsɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pincel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pincel in Portuguese?
pincel appears 2.0 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).