crianção
Portuguese, noun/kɾi.ɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w̃/
crianção is spelled C-R-I-A-N-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crianção is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “manchild” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of crianço.
What does crianção mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatorymasculinemanchild
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of crianço
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of crianção
- crianções plural
- criançona feminine
- criançonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crianção?
- Brazil /kɾi.ɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kɾi.ɐ̃ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /kɾjɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is crianção in Portuguese?
crianção appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).