bulcão
Portuguese, noun/buwˈkɐ̃w̃/
bulcão is spelled B-U-L-C-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 91,721st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bulcão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dark and thick cloud that precedes heavy rain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nuvem carregada que traz chuva consigo”.
What does bulcão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedark and thick cloud that precedes heavy rain
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nuvem carregada que traz chuva consigo
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 bulcão
- bulcões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bulcão?
- Brazil /buwˈkɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [buʊ̯ˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /bulˈkɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bulcão in Portuguese?
bulcão appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).