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abegão

Portuguese, noun/a.beˈɡɐ̃w̃/

abegão is spelled A-B-E-G-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written Portuguese, the 229,473rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abegão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “farmhand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que trata de abegoaria”.

What does abegão mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Portugalmasculinefarmhand

  2. 2

    masculineoverseer (of a farm)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. pertencente ou relativo a abegoaria 2. rústico 3. rural

noun: 1. aquele que trata de abegoaria 2. feitor de herdade ou quinta 3. carpinteiro de carros 4. o mesmo que abelhão, besoiro, besouro, zangão

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of abegão

  • abegões plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce abegão?

  • Brazil /a.beˈɡɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [a.beˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Portugal /ɐ.bɨˈɡɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is abegão in Portuguese?

abegão appears about once in every 69 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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