lapão
Portuguese, noun/laˈpɐ̃w̃/
lapão is spelled L-A-P-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 123,299th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lapão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Saami; Sami; Lapp (member of nomadic people of Lapland)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural da Lapônia, sami”.
What does lapão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSaami; Sami; Lapp (member of nomadic people of Lapland)
- 2
masculineSaami; Sami; Lapp (group of Finno-Ugric languages spoken by the Saami)
adjective
- 1
of the Saami people
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado da Bahia
adjective: 1. da Lapônia 2. aquele que lapa, que come com sofreguidão, lambão 3. sem-vergonha, descarado
noun: 1. natural da Lapônia, sami 2. conjunto de línguas faladas na Lapônia, sami
noun: 1. armadilha feita de uma lapa, para caçar teixugos 2. corda que leva atada uma pedra, lapa, para sondar e conhecer o fundo do mar
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 lapão
- lapões plural
- lapoa feminine
- lapoas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lapão?
- Brazil /laˈpɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [laˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /lɐˈpɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lapão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lapão in Portuguese?
lapão appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).