figurão
Portuguese, noun/fi.ɡuˈɾɐ̃w̃/
figurão is spelled F-I-G-U-R-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Figurão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “big cheese (an important figure)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa de escalão (nível hierárquico) supremo”.
What does figurão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebig cheese (an important figure)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa de escalão (nível hierárquico) supremo
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 figurão
- figurões plural
- figurona feminine
- figuronas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce figurão?
- Brazil /fi.ɡuˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [fi.ɡuˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /fi.ɡuˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is figurão in Portuguese?
figurão appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).