festão
Portuguese, noun/fesˈtɐ̃w̃/
festão is spelled F-E-S-T-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Festão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “festoon (ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does festão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefestoon (ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- 2
masculinefestoon (bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialmasculinesynonym of festona
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of festão
- festões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce festão?
- Brazil /fesˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [fesˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /feʃˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to festão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is festão in Portuguese?
festão appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).