joão
Portuguese, noun/ʒoˈɐ̃w̃/
joão is spelled J-O-Ã-O (4 letters) and appears 148 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 668th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). João is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “nobody (someone who is not important)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “jogador que é facilmente driblado”.
What does joão mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinenobody (someone who is not important)
- 2
BrazilcolloquialmasculineA player who is easily dribbled past.
- 3
BrazilmasculinePouteria ramiflora (large Brazilian tree)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jogador que é facilmente driblado 2. grande atabaque usado no jongo paulista; pai-joão 3. o mesmo que fruta-de-manteiga (Pouteria ramiflora)
noun: 1. prenome masculino popular 2. quarto livro do Novo Testamento, composto de 21 capítulos 3. livro da Bíblia que contém três epístolas
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 joão
- joãos plural
- joões plural
- joães plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce joão?
- Brazil /ʒoˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ʒoˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ʒuˈɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is joão in Portuguese?
joão appears 148 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).