anão
Portuguese, noun/aˈnɐ̃w̃/
anão is spelled A-N-Ã-O (4 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,662nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “short person, especially one who suffers from dwarfism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo de estatura muito mais baixa que a normal”.
What does anão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoffensiveshort person, especially one who suffers from dwarfism
- 2
masculinedwarf (member of a short, underground humanoid race)
- 3
derogatorymasculineanything that is small in stature or importance
adjective
- 1
offensivedwarf, dwarfish
- 2
derogatorysmall in stature or importance
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineanon (an anonymous person)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. indivíduo de estatura muito mais baixa que a normal
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 anão
- anãos plural
- anões plural
- anã feminine
- anãs feminine plural
- enão alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anão?
- Brazil /aˈnɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [aˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐˈnɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anão in Portuguese?
anão appears 6.0 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).