brandão
Portuguese, noun/bɾɐ̃ˈdɐ̃w̃/
brandão is spelled B-R-A-N-D-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,662nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brandão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “torch, firebrand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does brandão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetorch, firebrand
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of brandão
- brandões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brandão?
- Brazil /bɾɐ̃ˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [bɾɐ̃ˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /bɾɐ̃ˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brandão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brandão in Portuguese?
brandão appears 6.0 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).