dobrão
Portuguese, noun/doˈbɾɐ̃w̃/
dobrão is spelled D-O-B-R-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese, the 178,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dobrão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “doubloon (former Spanish gold coin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “designação de várias das antigas moedas portuguesas de valor geralmente alto”.
What does dobrão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedoubloon (former Spanish gold coin)
- 2
masculinea gold coin minted by the Portuguese in the early 18th century
- 3
masculinea copper coin formerly used in northeastern Brazil
- 4
masculinedobrão (a small piece of hard material (often a coin or pebble) pressed against the string of a berimbau in order to change its pitch and timbre)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. designação de várias das antigas moedas portuguesas de valor geralmente alto 2. moeda portuguesa de ouro, cunhada à época de D. João V 3. antiga moeda de ouro usada pelos espanhóis 4. antiga moeda de cobre, com valor de 40 réis
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 dobrão
- dobrões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dobrão?
- Brazil /doˈbɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [doˈbɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /duˈbɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dobrão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dobrão in Portuguese?
dobrão appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).