piropo
Portuguese, noun/piˈɾo.pu/
piropo is spelled P-I-R-O-P-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piropo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pyrope (a type of garnet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expressão que lisonjeia alguém para indicar que é atraente; cumprimento para demostrar apreciação física”.
What does piropo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepyrope (a type of garnet)
noun
- 1
Portugalinformalmasculinecatcall; pick-up line
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. expressão que lisonjeia alguém para indicar que é atraente; cumprimento para demostrar apreciação física
noun: 1. cor do fogo 2. liga de quatro partes de cobre e uma de ouro 3. gema do grupo das granadas de cor vermelha, composta por silicatos de magnésio e alumínio
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 piropo
- piropos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piropo?
- Brazil /piˈɾo.pu/
- Portugal /piˈɾo.pu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to piropo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piropo in Portuguese?
piropo appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).