algodão
Portuguese, noun/aw.ɡuˈdɐ̃w̃/
algodão is spelled A-L-G-O-D-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Algodão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cotton (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “filamentos que rodeiam as sementes do algodoeiro”.
What does algodão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecotton (plant)
- 2
masculinethe fibre extracted from the plant
- 3
masculinethe cloth made from the fibre
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. filamentos que rodeiam as sementes do algodoeiro 2. fio ou tecido que se fabrica com esses filamentos
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 algodão
- algodões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce algodão?
- Brazil /aw.ɡuˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.ɡuˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /aw.ɡoˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to algodão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is algodão in Portuguese?
algodão appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).