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feriadão

Portuguese, noun/fe.ɾi.aˈdɐ̃w̃/

feriadão is spelled F-E-R-I-A-D-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,608th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feriadão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “long weekend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que feriado prolongado”.

What does feriadão mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilmasculinelong weekend

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. o mesmo que feriado prolongado

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 feriadão

  • feriadões plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce feriadão?

  • Brazil /fe.ɾi.aˈdɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [fe.ɾi.aˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Brazil /fe.ɾjaˈdɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is feriadão in Portuguese?

feriadão 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).

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