encontrão
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.kõˈtɾɐ̃w̃/
encontrão is spelled E-N-C-O-N-T-R-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encontrão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shock, jerk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does encontrão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshock, jerk
- 2
masculinehustle, jostle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of encontrão
- encontrões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encontrão?
- Brazil /ẽ.kõˈtɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ẽ.kõˈtɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ĩ.kõˈtɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is encontrão in Portuguese?
encontrão appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).