puxa-saco

noun

The verdict

“puxa-saco” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquele que bajula a outrem

Corpus desk

Index PT-puxa-saco · puxa-saco · Portuguese

puxa-saco · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for puxa-saco
PropertyValue
Headwordpuxa-saco
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “puxa-saco” em português

puxa-sacofica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

puxa-saco is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

puxa-saco has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is puxa-saco, spelled P-U-X-A---S-A-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    aquele que bajula a outrem
  2. 2
    pessoa extremamente subserviente
  3. 3
    lacaio

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how puxa-saco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Um puxa-saco de primeira hora, deve ser amor, não vejo outra razão.

Synonyms

aduladorbabãobaba-ovocapachochaleiracheira-cheirachupa-caldocorta-jacaderrengadoengrossadorenxuga-geloescova-botasincensadorlambe-botaslambe-culambedorlambe-esporaslambetalambeteirolisonjeadorlouvaminheiromela-cuecamesuradopelegosabujoservilservilãosorrabadorturibulárioxeleléuxeretazumbaieiro

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "puxa-saco"?
"puxa-saco" is spelled P-U-X-A---S-A-C-O.
What does "puxa-saco" mean?
As a noun, "puxa-saco" means: aquele que bajula a outrem
What language does "puxa-saco" come from?
"puxa-saco" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list