bujão
Portuguese, noun/buˈʒɐ̃w̃/
bujão is spelled B-U-J-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 82,742nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bujão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cylinder (container for pressurised gas)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça usada para fechar um buraco, orifício ou fenda”.
What does bujão mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinecylinder (container for pressurised gas)
- 2
Portugalmasculinevulgarass, buttocks, anus
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça usada para fechar um buraco, orifício ou fenda 2. peça usada para vedar orifícios em barris e toneis 3. recipiente metálico e cilíndrico que contem gases; botijão
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 bujão
- bujões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bujão?
- Brazil /buˈʒɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [buˈʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /buˈʒɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bujão in Portuguese?
bujão appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).