clarão
Portuguese, noun/klaˈɾɐ̃w̃/
clarão is spelled C-L-A-R-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clarão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “flash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “luz viva”.
What does clarão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflash
- 2
masculineclarity
- 3
masculineglare (intense, blinding light)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. luz viva 2. grande claridade 3. raio
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 clarão
- clarões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clarão?
- Brazil /klaˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [klaˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /klɐˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clarão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clarão in Portuguese?
clarão appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).