pitaia
Portuguese, noun/piˈtaj.ɐ/
pitaia is spelled P-I-T-A-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese, the 176,436th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pitaia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dragon fruit; pitaya (fruit of cacti of the genus (Stenocereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.))” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fruto de espécies de cactos dos gêneros Hylocereus e Selenicereus”.
What does pitaia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedragon fruit; pitaya (fruit of cacti of the genus (Stenocereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.))
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fruto de espécies de cactos dos gêneros Hylocereus e Selenicereus
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 pitaia
- pitaias plural
- pitaya alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pitaia?
- Brazil /piˈtaj.ɐ/
- Brazil [piˈtaɪ̯.ɐ]
- Portugal /piˈtaj.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pitaia in Portuguese?
pitaia appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).