ambão
Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃ˈbɐ̃w̃/
ambão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ambo (raised platform in some churches)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “local de onde se lê a Palavra de Deus ou se profere a homilia”.
What does ambão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineambo (raised platform in some churches)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. local de onde se lê a Palavra de Deus ou se profere a homilia
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 ambão
- ambões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ambão?
- Brazil /ɐ̃ˈbɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ɐ̃ˈbɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐ̃ˈbɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ambão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ambão in Portuguese?
ambão appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).