postigo
Portuguese, noun/posˈt͡ʃi.ɡu/
postigo is spelled P-O-S-T-I-G-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 95,562nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Postigo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a small window, peephole, hatch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena porta”.
What does postigo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea small window, peephole, hatch
- 2
masculineshutter (protective panels over a window)
- 3
masculinescuttle
- 4
masculinewicket, wicket gate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena porta 2. pequena porta numa grande porta
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 postigo
- postigos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce postigo?
- Brazil /posˈt͡ʃi.ɡu/
- /poʃˈt͡ʃi.ɡu/
- Portugal /puʃˈti.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to postigo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is postigo in Portuguese?
postigo appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).