hidroavião
Portuguese, noun/i.dɾo.a.viˈɐ̃w̃/
hidroavião is spelled H-I-D-R-O-A-V-I-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 72,332nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hidroavião is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “seaplane (aircraft capable of taking off from water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aeroplano que pode flutuar sobre a água”.
What does hidroavião mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineseaplane (aircraft capable of taking off from water)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aeroplano que pode flutuar sobre a água
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 hidroavião
- hidroaviões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hidroavião?
- Brazil /i.dɾo.a.viˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [i.dɾo.a.viˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /i.dɾo.aˈvjɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hidroavião
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hidroavião in Portuguese?
hidroavião appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).