Polyglot Dictionary

pentelho

/pẽˈteʎu/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os pentelhos

Meaning

  1. pest

    • Que pentelho!

      What a pest!

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

praga

pentelho is vulgar Brazilian slang for an annoying, pestering person, literally "pubic hair" — avoid in polite settings; praga is the neutral general word for a "pest," like an insect pest or a plague.

Practice

1 What does pentelho mean?

2 Fill the gap: Que ___!

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pentelho?

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