aldrabão
Portuguese, noun/aw.dɾaˈbɐ̃w̃/
aldrabão is spelled A-L-D-R-A-B-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aldrabão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “liar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of aldraba (“doorknocker”). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande aldraba”.
What does aldrabão mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineliar
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of aldraba (“doorknocker”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande aldraba 2. aquele que faz o trabalho mal feito 3. o que fala muito rápido e confusamente 4. trapalhão; mentiroso
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 aldrabão
- aldrabões plural
- aldrabona feminine
- aldrabonas feminine plural
- aldravão alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aldrabão?
- Brazil /aw.dɾaˈbɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.dɾaˈbɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /al.dɾɐˈbɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aldrabão in Portuguese?
aldrabão appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).