boqueirão
Portuguese, noun/bo.ke(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
boqueirão is spelled B-O-Q-U-E-I-R-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,239th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boqueirão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mouth (of a river etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terreno úmido próprio para cultivar o cacau”.
What does boqueirão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemouth (of a river etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado da Paraíba
noun: 1. terreno úmido próprio para cultivar o cacau
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 boqueirão
- boqueirões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boqueirão?
- Brazil /bo.ke(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [bo.ke(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /bu.kɐjˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is boqueirão in Portuguese?
boqueirão appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).