bandejão
Portuguese, noun/bɐ̃ˈde.ʒɐ̃w̃/
bandejão is spelled B-A-N-D-E-J-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 115,974th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bandejão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cafeteria; canteen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of bandeja. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “refeição servida em bandeja”.
What does bandejão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of bandeja
- 2
Brazilcolloquialmasculinecafeteria; canteen
- 3
Brazilcolloquialmasculineuniversity restaurant
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. refeição servida em bandeja 2. refeitório onde se serve tal refeição (em escolas, fábricas, etc)
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 bandejão
- bandejões plural
- bandeijão alternative misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bandejão?
- Brazil /bɐ̃ˈde.ʒɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [bɐ̃ˈde.ʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /bɐ̃ˈdɐ(j).ʒɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bandejão in Portuguese?
bandejão appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).