cinquentão
Portuguese, noun/sĩ.kwẽˈtɐ̃w̃/
cinquentão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a man in his 50's” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que está na casa dos cinquenta anos; quinquagenário”.
What does cinquentão mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinea man in his 50's
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está na casa dos cinquenta anos; quinquagenário
noun: 1. aquele que está na casa dos cinquenta anos; quinquagenário 2. cédula com valor de face de 50 unidades do padrão monetário corrente no país
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 cinquentão
- cinquentões plural
- cinquentona feminine
- cinquentonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cinquentão?
- Brazil /sĩ.kwẽˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [sĩ.kwẽˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /sĩ.kwẽˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cinquentão in Portuguese?
cinquentão appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).