pinel
Portuguese, adjective/piˈnɛw/
pinel is spelled P-I-N-E-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,937th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pinel is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “crazy, insane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não bate bem da cabeça, louco”.
What does pinel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilcolloquialfemininemasculinecrazy, insane
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não bate bem da cabeça, louco
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 pinel
- pinéis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pinel?
- Brazil /piˈnɛw/
- Brazil [piˈnɛʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pinel in Portuguese?
pinel appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).