pinguelo
Portuguese, noun/pĩˈɡɛ.lu/
pinguelo is spelled P-I-N-G-U-E-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written Portuguese, the 220,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pinguelo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “synonym of pinguela (“stick used in a bird snare”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pauzinho com que se arma o laço para apanhar aves; pinguela”.
What does pinguelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesynonym of pinguela (“stick used in a bird snare”)
- 2
masculinesynonym of gatilho (“trigger”)
- 3
Brazilmasculineslangvulgarpenis
- 4
Brazilmasculineslangvulgarvulva, vagina
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pauzinho com que se arma o laço para apanhar aves; pinguela 2. pequeno mecanismo que em armas de fogo serve para disparar o projétil; gatilho 3. o pênis 4. o clítoris
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 pinguelo
- pinguelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pinguelo?
- Brazil /pĩˈɡɛ.lu/
- Portugal /pĩˈɡɛ.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pinguelo in Portuguese?
pinguelo appears about once in every 63 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).