betão
Portuguese, noun/beˈtɐ̃w̃/
betão is spelled B-E-T-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,592nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Betão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “concrete (building material)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “material compósito que resulta da mistura de material granular com um composto ligante, mais frequentemente…”.
What does betão mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculineconcrete (building material)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. material compósito que resulta da mistura de material granular com um composto ligante, mais frequentemente rocha britada com cimento portland
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 betão
- betões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce betão?
- Brazil /beˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [beˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /bɨˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to betão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is betão in Portuguese?
betão appears 1.8 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).