falcão
Portuguese, noun/fawˈkɐ̃w̃/
falcão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “falcon, hawk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave de rapina dotada de bico adunco e forte”.
What does falcão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefalcon, hawk
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ave de rapina dotada de bico adunco e forte
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 falcão
- falcões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce falcão?
- Brazil /fawˈkɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [faʊ̯ˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /falˈkɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to falcão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is falcão in Portuguese?
falcão appears 8.3 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).