chão
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃɐ̃w̃/
chão is spelled C-H-Ã-O (4 letters) and appears 85 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,145th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ground, soil, earth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “superfície pela qual se caminha”.
What does chão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineground, soil, earth
- 2
masculinefloor
Não deixe cair nada no chão.
- 3
masculineland
Este é o nosso chão.
- 4
masculineobsoleteplain
- 5
Brazilinformalmasculinea period of time between the present and a future event
Ainda tem um chão até o dia de eu me mudar.
adjective
- 1
archaicflat, level, even, smooth
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sem relevos, aplanado, liso 2. simples, sem ornamentação
noun: 1. superfície pela qual se caminha
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 chão
- chãos plural
- tchão alternative Northern Portugal
- cham alternative obsolete
- chaõ alternative obsolete
- chã feminine
- chãs feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chão?
- Brazil /ˈʃɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ˈʃɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chão in Portuguese?
chão appears 85 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).