fundão
Portuguese, noun/fũˈdɐ̃w̃/
fundão is spelled F-U-N-D-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fundão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the part of a classroom farthest from the teacher, associated with unruly students” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of fundo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “município brasileiro do estado do Espírito Santo”.
What does fundão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of fundo
- 2
Brazilmasculinethe part of a classroom farthest from the teacher, associated with unruly students
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Espírito Santo 2. município e freguesia portugueses do distrito de Castelo Branco
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 fundão
- fundões plural
- fundaõ alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fundão?
- Brazil /fũˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [fũˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /fũˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fundão in Portuguese?
fundão appears 1.5 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).