pitéu
Portuguese, noun/piˈtɛw/
pitéu is spelled P-I-T-É-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 119,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pitéu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “delicacy (delicious food or dish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “comida apetitosa”.
What does pitéu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedelicacy (delicious food or dish)
- 2
masculinea stew made with chops of meat and sauce thickened with cassava flour
- 3
informalmasculinea beautiful person, usually a woman
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. comida apetitosa 2. petisco 3. moça bonita, graciosa
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 pitéu
- pitéus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pitéu?
- Brazil /piˈtɛw/
- Brazil [piˈtɛʊ̯]
- Portugal /piˈtɛw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pitéu in Portuguese?
pitéu appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).