pixuleco
Portuguese, noun/pi.ʃuˈlɛ.ku/
pixuleco is spelled P-I-X-U-L-E-C-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 105,827th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pixuleco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bribe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “propina”.
What does pixuleco mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilinformalmasculinebribe
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. propina
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 pixuleco
- pixulecos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pixuleco?
- Brazil /pi.ʃuˈlɛ.ku/
- Portugal /pi.ʃuˈlɛ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pixuleco in Portuguese?
pixuleco appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).