cocão
Portuguese, noun/koˈkɐ̃w̃/
cocão is spelled C-O-C-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese, the 161,170th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cocão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Erythroxylon pelleterianum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of coca f. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cada um dos quatro paus verticais, que se prendem ao eixo e ao estrado do carro-de-boi”.
What does cocão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of coca f
- 2
masculineErythroxylon pelleterianum
- 3
masculineErythroxylon pulchrum
- 4
masculinecow tree, massaranduba (Manilkara elata syn. Mimusops elata)
- 5
Brazilmasculinestick (cane or walking stick)
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of coco
- 2
masculinefirst partridge egg outside of the nest
- 3
Brazilmasculinelarge marble (spherical ball)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cada um dos quatro paus verticais, que se prendem ao eixo e ao estrado do carro-de-boi 2. planta arbustiva eritroxilácea, também chamado fruta-de-pomba (Erythroxylum pelleterianum) 3. árvore pequena da família das Euforbiáceas (Paganophora schomburgkiana), de cuja madeira se fazem cabos de ferramentas 4. planta da família das Eritroxiláceas (Erythroxylum ovatum)
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 cocão
- cocões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cocão?
- Brazil /koˈkɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [koˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kuˈkɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cocão in Portuguese?
cocão appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).