punk
Portuguese, noun/ˈpɐ̃.ki/
punk is spelled P-U-N-K (4 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Punk is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “punk (a social and musical movement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does punk mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepunk (a social and musical movement)
- 2
masculinepunk; punk rock (a subgenre of rock music)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepunk (a member of the punk movement or fan of punk rock)
adjective
- 1
punk (relating to punk music or culture)
- 2
Brazilslangcomplicated; difficult, tense
Hoje o dia vai ser punk.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. pauleira 2. que é referente a movimento que surge nos anos de 1960 na Grã-Bretanha, que tem como característica ser contestador dos valores arraigados da sociedade à altura
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 punk
- punks plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce punk?
- Brazil /ˈpɐ̃.ki/
- Brazil /ˈpɐ̃k/
- Portugal /ˈpɐ̃k/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to punk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is punk in Portuguese?
punk appears 6.5 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).