palito

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈli.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈli.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈli.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈli.tu/

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• Rhymes: -itu
• Hyphenation: pa‧li‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish palito.

Noun

palito m (plural palitos)

1. toothpick
2. (colloquial) skinny person

Derived terms

• boneco de palito
• palitar
• palitinho
• palitito
• palito de dentes

Related terms

• pau

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Palitt

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

palito

1. first-person singular present indicative of palitar

Further reading

• “palito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “palito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From palo +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈlito/ [paˈli.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: pa‧li‧to

Noun

palito m (plural palitos)

1. stick (of a lollipop, ice pop, popsicle)
2. twig, little wooden stick or rod
3. (Caribbean) cinnamon tea beverage
4. (colloquial, euphemistic, Mexico) sexual intercourse
5. diminutive of palo

Derived terms

• palito chino

Related terms

• palillo

Further reading

• “palito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “palito”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palito, from palo +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈlito/ [pɐˈliː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: pa‧li‧to

Noun

palito (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜆᜓ)

1. toothpick

   Synonyms: tutpik, panghininga, (obsolete) palyo, (obsolete) panghinuki, (obsolete) tukhi

2. matchstick
3. (slang) toothpick (very thin individual)

   Synonyms: payatot, tingting

Further reading

• “palito”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN