caveirão
Portuguese, noun/ka.ve(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
caveirão is spelled C-A-V-E-I-R-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caveirão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “armoured car used by the Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of caveira. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “carro blindado utilizado pela Polícia Militar do Rio de Janeiro”.
What does caveirão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of caveira
- 2
Brazilmasculineslangarmoured car used by the Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. carro blindado utilizado pela Polícia Militar do Rio de Janeiro
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 caveirão
- caveirões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caveirão?
- Brazil /ka.ve(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ka.ve(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kɐ.vɐjˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caveirão in Portuguese?
caveirão appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).