baião
Portuguese, noun/bajˈɐ̃w̃/
baião is spelled B-A-I-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,465th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baião is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “baiao (South American dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gênero de música e dança popular da região Nordeste do Brasil, derivado de um tipo de lundu”.
What does baião mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebaiao (South American dance)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Pará 2. município no distrito do Porto, Portugal
noun: 1. gênero de música e dança popular da região Nordeste do Brasil, derivado de um tipo de lundu
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 baião
- baiões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baião?
- Brazil /bajˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [baɪ̯ˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /bajˈɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is baião in Portuguese?
baião appears 1.2 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).