pneu
Portuguese, noun/ˈpnew/
pneu is spelled P-N-E-U (4 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pneu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tyre (rubber covering of a wheel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que pneumático”.
What does pneu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetyre (rubber covering of a wheel)
- 2
informalmasculinelove handle (a protruding area of fat on the side of the body)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que pneumático 2. gordura saliente no tronco de uma pessoa, que sai por fora das calças
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 pneu
- pneus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pneu?
- Brazil /ˈpnew/
- Brazil [ˈpneʊ̯]
- Brazil /piˈnew/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pneu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pneu in Portuguese?
pneu appears 6.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).