piriri
Portuguese, noun/pi.ɾiˈɾi/
piriri is spelled P-I-R-I-R-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 127,225th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piriri is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Mabea piriri (species of spurge in the family Euphorbiaceae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mal-estar intestinal caracterizado por reação em que o corpo produz sensação incontida de que se precisa…”.
What does piriri mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineMabea piriri (species of spurge in the family Euphorbiaceae)
- 2
masculineSenna bicapsularis (species of legume in the family Fabaceae)
- 3
Brazilmasculinediarrhea
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mal-estar intestinal caracterizado por reação em que o corpo produz sensação incontida de que se precisa defecar
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 piriri
- piriris plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piriri?
- Brazil /pi.ɾiˈɾi/
- Portugal /pi.ɾiˈɾi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is piriri in Portuguese?
piriri appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).