climão
Portuguese, noun/kliˈmɐ̃w̃/
climão is spelled C-L-I-M-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 83,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Climão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “an awkward or uncomfortable social situation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of clima. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “uma situação social constrangedora”.
What does climão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of clima
- 2
informalmasculinean awkward or uncomfortable social situation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. uma situação social constrangedora
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 climão
- climões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce climão?
- Brazil /kliˈmɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kliˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kliˈmɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is climão in Portuguese?
climão appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).