barracão
Portuguese, noun/ba.ʁaˈkɐ̃w̃/
barracão is spelled B-A-R-R-A-C-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,106th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barracão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abrigo, geralmente de madeira, para guardar utensílios ou depositar materiais de construção, num canteiro de…”.
What does barracão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshed
- 2
masculinebarrack
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 Paraná 2. município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul
noun: 1. abrigo, geralmente de madeira, para guardar utensílios ou depositar materiais de construção, num canteiro de obras 2. galpão ou outro local onde são confeccionados os carros, fantasias e adereços para o desfile das escolas de samba
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 barracão
- barracões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barracão?
- Brazil /ba.ʁaˈkɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ba.haˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ba.ʁaˈkɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barracão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barracão in Portuguese?
barracão appears 2.2 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).