polvilho
Portuguese, noun/powˈvi.ʎu/
polvilho is spelled P-O-L-V-I-L-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 46,725th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polvilho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “powder (fine particles of any dry substance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of polvilhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pó fino”.
What does polvilho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepowder (fine particles of any dry substance)
- 2
masculinecassava starch
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of polvilhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pó fino 2. espécie de farinha (fécula) feita a partir da mandioca em um processo de ralação, decantação e secagem
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 polvilho
- polvilhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polvilho?
- Brazil /powˈvi.ʎu/
- Brazil [poʊ̯ˈvi.ʎu]
- Portugal /polˈvi.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to polvilho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polvilho in Portuguese?
polvilho appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).