pires
Portuguese, noun/ˈpi.ɾis/
pires is spelled P-I-R-E-S (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,928th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pires is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “saucer (small dish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person singular present subjunctive of pirar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pratinho sobre o qual se coloca a chávena”.
What does pires mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesaucer (small dish)
verb
- 1
second-person singular present subjunctive of pirar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. barato, ordinário, pretensioso, reles, vulgar
noun: 1. pratinho sobre o qual se coloca a chávena
adjective: 1. plural de pires
noun: 1. plural de pires
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo pirar
noun: 1. sobrenome comum em português
noun: 1. plural de Pires
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.
How do you pronounce pires?
- Brazil /ˈpi.ɾis/
- /ˈpi.ɾiʃ/
- Portugal /ˈpi.ɾɨʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pires
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pires in Portuguese?
pires appears 13 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).