aleijão
Portuguese, noun/a.le(j)ˈʒɐ̃w̃/
aleijão is spelled A-L-E-I-J-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aleijão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “deformity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “deformidade, mutilação”.
What does aleijão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedeformity
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. deformidade, mutilação 2. mal feito, deformado
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 aleijão
- aleijões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aleijão?
- Brazil /a.le(j)ˈʒɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.le(ɪ̯)ˈʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐ.lɐjˈʒɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aleijão in Portuguese?
aleijão appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).