apagão
Portuguese, noun/a.paˈɡɐ̃w̃/
apagão is spelled A-P-A-G-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,794th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apagão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “blackout (mains electricity failure)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “interrupção no fornecimento de eletricidade”.
What does apagão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineblackout (mains electricity failure)
- 2
masculineblackout (an instance of censorship, especially a temporary one)
o apagão da Wikipédia em inglês em 2012
- 3
masculineblackout, shutdown
Preoupação na Ucrânia com um possível apagão maciço da Internet.
- 4
masculineblackout (loss of consciousness)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. interrupção no fornecimento de eletricidade
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 apagão
- apagões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apagão?
- Brazil /a.paˈɡɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.paˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐ.pɐˈɡɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apagão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apagão in Portuguese?
apagão appears 2.6 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).