pudico
Portuguese, noun/puˈd͡ʒi.ku/
pudico is spelled P-U-D-I-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese, the 154,590th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pudico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “prude (a person who is or tries to be excessively proper)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pudico mean in English?
adjective
- 1
easily ashamed
- 2
prudish (easily offended or shocked)
noun
- 1
masculineprude (a person who is or tries to be excessively proper)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. casto, recatado
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 pudico
- pudica feminine
- pudicos masculine plural
- pudicas feminine plural
- púdico alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pudico?
- Brazil /puˈd͡ʒi.ku/
- Brazil /ˈpu.d͡ʒi.ku/
- Portugal /puˈdi.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pudico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pudico in Portuguese?
pudico appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).