cadeirão
Portuguese, noun/ka.de(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
cadeirão is spelled C-A-D-E-I-R-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 71,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cadeirão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “armchair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of cadeira.
What does cadeirão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of cadeira
- 2
masculinearmchair
- 3
Portugalmasculinea difficult subject (at the university)
Eletromagnetismo é o cadeirão do curso. Quase ninguém passa à primeira.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of cadeirão
- cadeirões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cadeirão?
- Brazil /ka.de(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ka.de(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kɐ.dɐjˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cadeirão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cadeirão in Portuguese?
cadeirão appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).