cloth, rag
Ele mediu errado o tecido e faltou pano pro vestido.
He mismeasured the fabric and there wasn't enough material for the dress.
Havia veneno no pano que enfiou na boca de Santiago?
Was there poison on the cloth he stuffed into Santiago's mouth?
— Questão de Honra (1992)
Eu vou fazer o pano nesta mão desaparecer.
I am going to make the cloth in this hand disappear.
— Des vents contraires (2011)