guardião
Portuguese, noun/ɡwaʁ.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/
guardião is spelled G-U-A-R-D-I-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guardião is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “guardian, guard, defender” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “guarda, vigilante, defensor”.
What does guardião mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineguardian, guard, defender
- 2
masculinesuperior of a convent
- 3
masculineA particularly challenging enemy that must be beaten in order to progress and is often at the end of a level; a boss.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. guarda, vigilante, defensor 2. aquele que mantém a guarda 3. superior de convento 4. goleiro
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 guardião
- guardiães plural
- guardiões plural
- guardiã feminine
- guardiãs feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guardião?
- Brazil /ɡwaʁ.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ɡwaɦ.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ɡwaʁˈd͡ʒjɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guardião
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guardião in Portuguese?
guardião appears 6.9 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).