grandão
Portuguese, adjective/ɡɾɐ̃ˈdɐ̃w̃/
grandão is spelled G-R-A-N-D-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,561st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grandão is a Portuguese adjective meaning “hunk, burly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of grande.
What does grandão mean in English?
adjective
- 1
augmentative of grande
- 2
hunk, burly
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of grandão
- grandona feminine
- grandões masculine plural
- grandonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grandão?
- Brazil /ɡɾɐ̃ˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ɡɾɐ̃ˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɡɾɐ̃ˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grandão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grandão in Portuguese?
grandão appears 1.9 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).