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barão

Portuguese, noun/baˈɾɐ̃w̃/

barão is spelled B-A-R-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,438th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “baron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “título nobiliárquico abaixo de visconde”.

What does barão mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebaron

  2. 2

    colloquialmasculinea wealthy man

    Essa casa é muito cara, só barão pode comprar.

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. título nobiliárquico abaixo de visconde 2. pessoa que tem grande poder ou influência numa empresa, partido, associação, região, etc

noun: 1. valor monetário equivalente a mil unidades da moeda vigente, mil reais

noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul

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 barão

  • barões plural
  • baronesa feminine
  • baronesas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce barão?

  • Brazil /baˈɾɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [baˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Portugal /bɐˈɾɐ̃w̃/

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

English words that translate to barão

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

How common is barão in Portuguese?

barão appears 8.3 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).

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