punheteiro
Portuguese, adjective/pũ.ɲeˈte(j).ɾu/
punheteiro is spelled P-U-N-H-E-T-E-I-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,784th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Punheteiro is a Portuguese adjective meaning “wanker (who masturbates himself)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does punheteiro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialwanker (who masturbates himself)
- 2
colloquialwho masturbates a man or men
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. homem que costumeiramente se masturba
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 punheteiro
- punheteira feminine
- punheteiros masculine plural
- punheteiras feminine plural
- mais punheteiro comparative
- o mais punheteiro superlative
- punheteiríssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce punheteiro?
- Brazil /pũ.ɲeˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [pũ.j̃eˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /pu.ɲɨˈtɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is punheteiro in Portuguese?
punheteiro appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).