estirão
Portuguese, noun/is.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃w̃/
estirão is spelled E-S-T-I-R-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 157,828th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estirão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “long path” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “caminho longo”.
What does estirão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelong path
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. caminho longo
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 estirão
- estirões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estirão?
- Brazil /is.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /es.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is estirão in Portuguese?
estirão appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).