piolhoso
Portuguese, adjective/pi.oˈʎo.zu/
piolhoso is spelled P-I-O-L-H-O-S-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese, the 236,506th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piolhoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “lousy (infested with lice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem piolhos”.
What does piolhoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lousy (infested with lice)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem piolhos 2. que está na miséria 3. que tem uma qualidade ínfima
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 piolhoso
- piolhosa feminine
- piolhosos masculine plural
- piolhosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piolhoso?
- Brazil /pi.oˈʎo.zu/
- Brazil /pjoˈʎo.zu/
- Portugal /pjuˈʎo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to piolhoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piolhoso in Portuguese?
piolhoso appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).