blocão
Portuguese, noun/blɔˈkɐ̃w̃/
blocão is spelled B-L-O-C-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 103,739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blocão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “superbloc, large coalition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of bloco (“large block”).
What does blocão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of bloco (“large block”)
- 2
Brazilmasculinesuperbloc, large coalition
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of blocão
- blocões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce blocão?
- Brazil /blɔˈkɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [blɔˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /bluˈkɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is blocão in Portuguese?
blocão appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).