penacho

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pennacchio.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈna.ʃu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈna.ʃu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈna.ʃo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈna.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈna.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈna.t͡ʃu/

• Rhymes: -aʃu, (Northern Portugal) -at͡ʃu
• Hyphenation: pe‧na‧cho

Noun

penacho m (plural penachos)

1. panache (ornamental plume on a hat or helmet)
2. a bird’s tuft

Further reading

• “penacho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pennacchio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈnat͡ʃo/ [peˈna.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -atʃo
• Syllabification: pe‧na‧cho

Noun

penacho m (plural penachos)

1. tuft (of feathers)
2. feather headdress

Derived terms

• penachudo

Further reading

• “penacho”, 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