ermitão
Portuguese, noun/eʁ.miˈtɐ̃w̃/
ermitão is spelled E-R-M-I-T-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,054th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ermitão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hermit; eremite (someone who lives alone for religious reasons)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “eremita”.
What does ermitão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehermit; eremite (someone who lives alone for religious reasons)
- 2
masculinehermit; recluse (someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eremita 2. aquele que trata de uma ermida
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 ermitão
- ermitãos plural
- ermitães plural
- ermitões plural
- ermitã feminine
- ermitoa feminine
- ermitãs feminine plural
- ermitoas feminine plural
- eremitão alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ermitão?
- Brazil /eʁ.miˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [eɦ.miˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /eɾ.miˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ermitão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ermitão in Portuguese?
ermitão appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).