avião
Portuguese, noun/a.viˈɐ̃w̃/
avião is spelled A-V-I-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,275th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avião is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “airplane, aeroplane (heavier-than-air aircraft)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aparelho mais pesado que o ar empregado em navegação aérea”.
What does avião mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineairplane, aeroplane (heavier-than-air aircraft)
- 2
colloquialmasculineattractive or well-endowed woman
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aparelho mais pesado que o ar empregado em navegação aérea 2. pessoa atraente
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 avião
- aviões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avião?
- Brazil /a.viˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.viˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /aˈvjɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avião
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avião in Portuguese?
avião appears 41 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).