piuí
Portuguese, noun/piwˈi/
piuí is spelled P-I-U-Í (4 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 146,979th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piuí is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tyrant flycatcher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does piuí mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetyrant flycatcher
interjection
- 1
Brazilrepresenting the sound of a train whistle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of piuí
- piuís plural
- piuí! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piuí?
- Brazil /piwˈi/
- Brazil [piʊ̯ˈi]
- Portugal /piwˈi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is piuí in Portuguese?
piuí appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).