caimão
Portuguese, noun/kajˈmɐ̃w̃/
caimão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “caiman (any of the small crocodilians of genus Caiman)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “jacaré do género Caiman”.
What does caimão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecaiman (any of the small crocodilians of genus Caiman)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jacaré do género Caiman 2. ave do género Porphyrio
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 caimão
- caimões plural
- caimães plural
- caimãos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caimão?
- Brazil /kajˈmɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kaɪ̯ˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kajˈmɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caimão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caimão in Portuguese?
caimão appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).