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galpão

Portuguese, noun/ɡawˈpɐ̃w̃/

galpão is spelled G-A-L-P-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,653rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galpão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shed (a slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does galpão mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineshed (a slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something)

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

Forms of galpão

  • galpões plural

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

How do you pronounce galpão?

  • Brazil /ɡawˈpɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [ɡaʊ̯ˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Portugal /ɡalˈpɐ̃w̃/

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

How common is galpão in Portuguese?

galpão appears 2.5 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).

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