escorpião
Portuguese, noun/is.koʁ.piˈɐ̃w̃/
escorpião is spelled E-S-C-O-R-P-I-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,306th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escorpião is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “scorpion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aracnídeo venenoso da ordem Scorpiones caracterizado por uma cauda de ponta venenosa e por um par de patas…”.
What does escorpião mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescorpion
- 2
PortugalmasculineScorpio (someone with a Scorpio star sign)
- 3
masculinescorpion kick
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aracnídeo venenoso da ordem Scorpiones caracterizado por uma cauda de ponta venenosa e por um par de patas dianteiras na forma de pinças
noun: 1. um dos signos do Zodíaco 2. constelação do zodíaco
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 escorpião
- escorpiões plural
- escórpio alternative uncommon
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escorpião?
- Brazil /is.koʁ.piˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.koh.piˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /is.koʁˈpjɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escorpião
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escorpião in Portuguese?
escorpião appears 4.0 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).