bolão
Portuguese, noun/bɔˈlɐ̃w̃/
bolão is spelled B-O-L-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bolão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ninepins” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of bola.
What does bolão mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineaugmentative of bola
- 2
Brazilmasculineninepins
- 3
Brazilmasculinebumboozer
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineaugmentative of bolo
- 2
Brazilmasculinejackpot (accumulating money prize pool)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of bolão
- bolões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bolão?
- Brazil /bɔˈlɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [bɔˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /boˈlɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bolão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bolão in Portuguese?
bolão appears 1.0 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).