garçom
Portuguese, noun/ɡaʁˈsõ/
garçom is spelled G-A-R-Ç-O-M (6 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,018th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garçom is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “waiter (a server in a restaurant or similar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “empregado que serve a mesa num restaurante ou outro estabelecimento congênere”.
What does garçom mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinewaiter (a server in a restaurant or similar)
Eu dei gorjeta para o garçom.
- 2
Brazildatedmasculineboy, lad, young man
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. empregado que serve a mesa num restaurante ou outro estabelecimento congênere
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 garçom
- garçons plural
- garçonete feminine
- garçonetes feminine plural
- garção alternative dated
- garçon alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garçom?
- Brazil /ɡaʁˈsõ/
- Brazil [ɡahˈsõ]
- /ɡaɾˈsõ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to garçom
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is garçom in Portuguese?
garçom appears 5.8 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).