espigão
Portuguese, noun/is.piˈɡɐ̃w̃/
espigão is spelled E-S-P-I-G-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espigão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “summit, top” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of espiga (“large spike”).
What does espigão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of espiga (“large spike”)
- 2
masculinesummit, top
- 3
masculinehangnail
- 4
Brazilmasculineskyscraper (tall building with a large number of floors)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of espigão
- espigões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espigão?
- Brazil /is.piˈɡɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.piˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /es.piˈɡɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espigão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espigão in Portuguese?
espigão appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).