garotão
Portuguese, noun/ɡa.ɾoˈtɐ̃w̃/
garotão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “boy (affectionate term of address for male dog)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of garoto.
What does garotão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of garoto
- 2
masculineboy (affectionate term of address for male dog)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of garotão
- garotões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garotão?
- Brazil /ɡa.ɾoˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ɡa.ɾoˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɡɐ.ɾuˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is garotão in Portuguese?
garotão appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).