cachorrão
Portuguese, noun/ka.ʃoˈʁɐ̃w̃/
cachorrão is spelled C-A-C-H-O-R-R-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cachorrão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pão francês” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of cachorro. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cachorro grande”.
What does cachorrão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of cachorro
- 2
Brazilmasculinepão francês
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cachorro grande 2. indivíduo vil, mau, safado ou velhaco 3. menino travesso
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 cachorrão
- cachorrões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cachorrão?
- Brazil /ka.ʃoˈʁɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ka.ʃoˈhɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cachorrão in Portuguese?
cachorrão appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).