hortelão
Portuguese, noun/oʁ.teˈlɐ̃w̃/
hortelão is spelled H-O-R-T-E-L-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Portuguese, the 193,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hortelão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “someone who tends a kitchen garden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo que trata de hortas”.
What does hortelão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesomeone who tends a kitchen garden
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. indivíduo que trata de hortas
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 hortelão
- hortelãos plural
- hortelã feminine
- hortelãs feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hortelão?
- Brazil /oʁ.teˈlɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [oh.teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /oɾ.teˈlɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hortelão in Portuguese?
hortelão appears about once in every 47 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).