chefão
Portuguese, noun/ʃɛˈfɐ̃w̃/
chefão is spelled C-H-E-F-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chefão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “boss (head of an organisation), especially of a criminal one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of chefe. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chefe ou patrão poderoso”.
What does chefão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of chefe
- 2
Brazilmasculineboss (head of an organisation), especially of a criminal one
- 3
Brazilmasculineboss, especially the final boss
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chefe ou patrão poderoso 2. a pessoa principal em um grupo
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 chefão
- chefões plural
- chefona feminine
- chefonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chefão?
- Brazil /ʃɛˈfɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ʃɛˈfɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chefão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chefão in Portuguese?
chefão 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).