paiol
Portuguese, noun/pajˈɔw/
paiol is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “magazine (ammunition storehouse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “depósito de instrumentos bélicos”.
What does paiol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemagazine (ammunition storehouse)
- 2
Brazilmasculinebarn (farm building used for storage)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. depósito de instrumentos bélicos 2. depósito de materiais específicos 3. depósito de produtos agrícolas
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 paiol
- paióis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paiol?
- Brazil /pajˈɔw/
- Brazil [paɪ̯ˈɔʊ̯]
- Portugal /pajˈɔl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paiol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paiol in Portuguese?
paiol appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).