grão
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡɾɐ̃w̃/
grão is spelled G-R-Ã-O (4 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,307th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “grain, seed of various grass crops” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fruto dos cereais”.
What does grão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrain, seed of various grass crops
- 2
masculinegrain, similar particles of any substance
- 3
masculinegrao, Portuguese grain, a former small Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 4.6 mm
- 4
masculinegrao, Portuguese grain, a former small Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 50 mg
adjective
- 1
grand; great; grand-
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. forma reduzida de grande
noun: 1. fruto dos cereais 2. semente de alguns legumes 3. corpo pequeno e arredondado 4. unidade de medida de peso antiga; corresponde aproximadamente à vigésima parte do grama (49,8 miligramas)
prefix: 1. grande, que ocupa posição hierarquicamente acima dos demais
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 grão
- grãos plural
- gram alternative obsolete
- graõ alternative obsolete
- grao alternative obsolete
- grã feminine
- grãs feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grão?
- Brazil /ˈɡɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ˈɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ˈɡɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grão in Portuguese?
grão appears 8.5 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).