pitu
Portuguese, noun
pitu is spelled P-I-T-U (4 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 78,593rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pitu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “any large, freshwater species of shrimp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pitú is a different word: “prescribed spelling of pitu under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “denominação comum a diversos camarões de água doce, pertencentes às famílias dos palemonídeos, atiídeos e…”.
What does pitu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany large, freshwater species of shrimp
noun
- 1
masculineprescribed spelling of pitu under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not effectively implemented; now a common misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. denominação comum a diversos camarões de água doce, pertencentes às famílias dos palemonídeos, atiídeos e sergestídeos
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 pitu
- pitus plural
- pitú alternative
- pitús plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pitu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pitu in Portuguese?
pitu appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).