casarão
Portuguese, noun/ka.zaˈɾɐ̃w̃/
casarão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a big colonial-styled house” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of casa. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aumentativo de casa; casa grande”.
What does casarão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of casa
- 2
masculinea big colonial-styled house
verb
- 1
third-person plural future indicative of casar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aumentativo de casa; casa grande
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 casarão
- casarões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce casarão?
- Brazil /ka.zaˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ka.zaˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kɐ.zɐˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is casarão in Portuguese?
casarão appears 1.9 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).