pixaim
Portuguese, noun/pi.ʃaˈĩ/
pixaim is spelled P-I-X-A-I-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese, the 156,173rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pixaim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Very frizzy curly hair, typical of black people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se do cabelo enrolado, frisado, não liso”.
What does pixaim mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineoffensiveVery frizzy curly hair, typical of black people.
adjective
- 1
BrazilfemininemasculineoffensiveUsed to refer to a very frizzy curly hair, typical of black people.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se do cabelo enrolado, frisado, não liso
noun: 1. diz-se do cabelo enrolado, frisado, não liso
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 pixaim
- pixains plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pixaim?
- Brazil /pi.ʃaˈĩ/
- Portugal /pi.ʃɐˈĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pixaim in Portuguese?
pixaim appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).