calçadão
Portuguese, noun/kaw.saˈdɐ̃w̃/
calçadão is spelled C-A-L-Ç-A-D-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,665th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calçadão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “car-free zone, pedestrian street (areas of a town restricted to people or bikes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does calçadão mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinecar-free zone, pedestrian street (areas of a town restricted to people or bikes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of calçadão
- calçadões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calçadão?
- Brazil /kaw.saˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kaʊ̯.saˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kal.sɐˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calçadão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calçadão in Portuguese?
calçadão appears 1.5 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).