leitão
Portuguese, noun/lejˈtɐ̃w̃/
leitão is spelled L-E-I-T-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,093rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leitão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “suckling piglet (young pig)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “porco novo”.
What does leitão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuckling piglet (young pig)
- 2
masculineyoung pig as food
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. porco novo
noun: 1. sobrenome comum em português
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 leitão
- leitões plural
- leitoa feminine
- leitoas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leitão?
- Brazil /lejˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [leɪ̯ˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /lɐjˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to leitão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leitão in Portuguese?
leitão appears 4.1 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).