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babão

Portuguese, noun/baˈbɐ̃w̃/

babão is spelled B-A-B-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Babão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “drooler, dribbler, slobberer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que se baba”.

What does babão mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedrooler, dribbler, slobberer

  2. 2

    Brazilmasculineslangvulgarblowjob

adjective

  1. 1

    drooling, dribbling, slobbering

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. o que se baba 2. idiota 3. bajoujo

noun: 1. o que se baba 2. idiota 3. bajoujo 4. sacerdote do culto iorubá

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 babão

  • babões plural
  • babona feminine
  • babonas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce babão?

  • Brazil /baˈbɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [baˈbɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Portugal /bɐˈbɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to babão

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is babão in Portuguese?

babão appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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