cristão
Portuguese, noun/kɾisˈtɐ̃w̃/
cristão is spelled C-R-I-S-T-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cristão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Christian (believer in Christianity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que segue os preceitos do cristianismo”.
What does cristão mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Christian (relating to or following Christianity)
João é cristão.
noun
- 1
masculineChristian (believer in Christianity)
Os cristãos lutaram contra os mouros.
- 2
colloquialmasculinesoul (any person)
Não apareceu um cristão para me ajudar.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao cristianismo
noun: 1. aquele que segue os preceitos do cristianismo
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 cristão
- cristã feminine
- cristãos masculine plural
- cristãs feminine plural
- christão alternative
- christaõ alternative obsolete
- cristaõ alternative obsolete
- christam alternative obsolete
- cristam alternative obsolete
- cristião alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cristão?
- Brazil /kɾisˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kɾisˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /kɾiʃˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cristão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cristão in Portuguese?
cristão appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).