varapau
Portuguese, noun/va.ɾaˈpaw/
varapau is spelled V-A-R-A-P-A-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese, the 176,436th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Varapau is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “staff (long and stiff piece of wood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vara, peça de madeira longa”.
What does varapau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestaff (long and stiff piece of wood)
noun
- 1
feminineinformalmasculinea tall and skinny person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vara, peça de madeira longa
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 varapau
- varapaus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce varapau?
- Brazil /va.ɾaˈpaw/
- Brazil [va.ɾaˈpaʊ̯]
- Portugal /vɐ.ɾɐˈpaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is varapau in Portuguese?
varapau appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).