damão
Portuguese, noun/daˈmɐ̃w̃/
damão is spelled D-A-M-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Damão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hyrax (mammal of the order Hyracoidea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of damo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cidade da costa ocidental Índia”.
What does damão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehyrax (mammal of the order Hyracoidea)
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of damo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cidade da costa ocidental Índia
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 damão
- damões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce damão?
- Brazil /daˈmɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [daˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɐˈmɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to damão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is damão in Portuguese?
damão appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).