burrão
Portuguese, noun/buˈʁɐ̃w̃/
burrão is spelled B-U-R-R-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese, the 151,527th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Burrão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sulking, stubbornness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “varrasco, porco não castrado”.
What does burrão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesulking, stubbornness
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. varrasco, porco não castrado 2. nádegas
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 burrão
- burrões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce burrão?
- Brazil /buˈʁɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [buˈhɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is burrão in Portuguese?
burrão appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).