bailão
Portuguese, noun/bajˈlɐ̃w̃/
bailão is spelled B-A-I-L-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bailão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “an energetic and informal night party, usually associated with Brazilian funk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of baile.
What does bailão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of baile
- 2
Brazilinformalmasculinean energetic and informal night party, usually associated with Brazilian funk
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que gosta de bailar 2. que se move muito; turbulento
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 bailão
- bailões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bailão?
- Brazil /bajˈlɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [baɪ̯ˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /bajˈlɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bailão in Portuguese?
bailão appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).