camarão
Portuguese, noun/ka.maˈɾɐ̃w̃/
camarão is spelled C-A-M-A-R-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,015th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Camarão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shrimp, prawn (decapod crustacean)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “designação comum a diversos crustáceos da ordem dos decápodes”.
What does camarão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshrimp, prawn (decapod crustacean)
- 2
colloquialderogatorymasculinebutterface
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. designação comum a diversos crustáceos da ordem dos decápodes 2. gamba
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 camarão
- camarões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce camarão?
- Brazil /ka.maˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ka.maˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kɐ.mɐˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to camarão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is camarão in Portuguese?
camarão appears 7.6 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).