Polyglot Dictionary

pau

/ˈpaw/

o noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
paus

Meaning

  1. stick

    • Pegue um pau.

      Pick up a stick.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

vareta

vareta is more slender and specific, a thin rod, like a curtain rod; pau is more general, a stick or wood.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

palo

palo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "stick."

Practice

1 What does pau mean?

2 Fill the gap: Pegue um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pau?

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