punheta
Portuguese, noun/pũˈɲe.tɐ/
punheta is spelled P-U-N-H-E-T-A (7 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,535th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Punheta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “wank (act of male masturbation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of punhetar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “masturbação masculina”.
What does punheta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslangvulgarwank (act of male masturbation)
- 2
feminineslangvulgarhand job
verb
- 1
slangvulgarthird-person singular present indicative
- 2
slangvulgarsecond-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. masturbação masculina 2. prato à base de bacalhau desfiado, servido nos restaurantes antes do prato principal
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 punheta
- punhetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce punheta?
- Brazil /pũˈɲe.tɐ/
- Brazil [pũˈj̃e.tɐ]
- Portugal /puˈɲe.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to punheta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is punheta in Portuguese?
punheta appears 2.7 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).