bobalhão
Portuguese, noun/bo.baˈʎɐ̃w̃/
bobalhão is spelled B-O-B-A-L-H-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 77,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bobalhão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “stupid person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does bobalhão mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilderogatorymasculinestupid person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se da pessoa que diz ou que faz bobagens 2. pessoa de caráter ingênuo
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 bobalhão
- bobalhões plural
- bobalhona feminine
- bobalhonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bobalhão?
- Brazil /bo.baˈʎɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [bo.baˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /bo.baˈʎɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bobalhão in Portuguese?
bobalhão appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).