bastão
Portuguese, noun/basˈtɐ̃w̃/
bastão is spelled B-A-S-T-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bastão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “stick (cylindrical form of material)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bordão curto e redondo”.
What does bastão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestick (cylindrical form of material)
- 2
masculinewalking stick
- 3
masculinewand
- 4
masculineclub (weapon)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bordão curto e redondo 2. bengala a que alguém se encosta
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 bastão
- bastões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bastão?
- Brazil /basˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [basˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /baʃˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bastão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bastão in Portuguese?
bastão appears 3.7 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).