bacano
Portuguese, noun/baˈkɐ̃.nu/
bacano is spelled B-A-C-A-N-O (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,393rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bacano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a dude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bacana”.
What does bacano mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Portugalinformalnice, cool
noun
- 1
Portugalinformalmasculinea dude
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bacana
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 bacano
- bacana feminine
- bacanos masculine plural
- bacanas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bacano?
- Brazil /baˈkɐ̃.nu/
- Portugal /bɐˈkɐ.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bacano in Portuguese?
bacano appears 1.4 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).