pinóia
Portuguese, noun
pinóia is spelled P-I-N-Ó-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese, the 205,610th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pinóia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of pinoia; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, pinoia is a different word: “a facile and bad-mannered woman”.
What does pinóia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of pinoia; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of pinoia; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininea facile and bad-mannered woman
- 2
femininesomething worthless
- 3
femininesomething deceitful
- 4
Portugalfemininebargain (advantageous business)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineworthless
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pinóia
- pinoias plural
- pinóia alternative
- pinóias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is pinóia in Portuguese?
pinóia appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).