esturjão
Portuguese, noun/is.tuʁˈʒɐ̃w̃/
esturjão is spelled E-S-T-U-R-J-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esturjão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sturgeon (fish of the family Acipenseridae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tipo de peixe de pele, da família dos acipenserídeos, encontrado em águas muito frias do hemisfério norte…”.
What does esturjão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesturgeon (fish of the family Acipenseridae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tipo de peixe de pele, da família dos acipenserídeos, encontrado em águas muito frias do hemisfério norte; sua ova é bastante procurada para se preparar o caviar
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 esturjão
- esturjões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esturjão?
- Brazil /is.tuʁˈʒɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.tuɦˈʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /es.tuʁˈʒɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esturjão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esturjão in Portuguese?
esturjão appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).