esporão
Portuguese, noun/is.poˈɾɐ̃w̃/
esporão is spelled E-S-P-O-R-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,216th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esporão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “outgrowth of tissue on plant organs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inseto também chamado bicho-de-pé (Tunga penetrans)”.
What does esporão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoutgrowth of tissue on plant organs
- 2
masculinenaturally growing spike of an animal
- 3
masculineany protuberance in a body
- 4
masculinethe salient part of a ship's bow
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. inseto também chamado bicho-de-pé (Tunga penetrans) 2. pequena elevação topográfica alongada que se projeta em ângulo forte, como um contraforte, da cadeia da montanha principal 3. quebra-mar, espigão, construção que serve de barreira para frear as ondas do mar
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 esporão
- esporões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esporão?
- Brazil /is.poˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.poˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /es.poˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esporão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esporão in Portuguese?
esporão appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).