caixão
Portuguese, noun/kaˈʃɐ̃w̃/
caixão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “coffin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “caixa grande; caixote”.
What does caixão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoffin
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. caixa grande; caixote 2. recipiente, normalmente de madeira, onde se colocam os mortos para serem enterrados
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 caixão
- caixões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caixão?
- Brazil /kaˈʃɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kaˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /kajˈʃɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caixão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caixão in Portuguese?
caixão appears 6.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).