# calão

> Portuguese word · Adjective · IPA /kɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #39,032

## Definitions
1. que não trabalha tanto quanto deveria
2. descuidado, preguiçoso

## Easily confused with
- **cão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-cao)
- **clã** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-cla)
- **casa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-casa)
- **caso** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-caso)
- **cara** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-cara)
- **cama** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-cama)
- **chão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-chao)
- **capa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-capa)
- **caro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-caro)
- **colo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-colo)
- **cana** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-cana)
- **call** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-call)
- **cela** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-cela)
- **cano** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-cano)
- **cale** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-cale)
- **calo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-calo)
- **capô** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-capo)
- **cata** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-cata)
- **calm** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-calm)
- **ciao** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/calao-vs-ciao)

## Common misspellings (6)
`aclão`, `callão`, `caloã`, `caãlo`, `ccalão`, `claão`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/calao