bidão
Portuguese, noun/biˈdɐ̃w̃/
bidão is spelled B-I-D-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 131,183rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bidão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bidon (container for holding a liquid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “recipiente ou contentor para líquidos, pelo comum cilíndrico”.
What does bidão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebidon (container for holding a liquid)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. recipiente ou contentor para líquidos, pelo comum cilíndrico
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 bidão
- bidões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bidão?
- Brazil /biˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [biˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /biˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bidão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bidão in Portuguese?
bidão appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).