lixão
Portuguese, noun/liˈʃɐ̃w̃/
lixão is spelled L-I-X-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,354th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lixão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dump; landfill (a place where garbage is left)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does lixão mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinedump; landfill (a place where garbage is left)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of lixão
- lixões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lixão?
- Brazil /liˈʃɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [liˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /liˈʃɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lixão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lixão in Portuguese?
lixão appears 2.5 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).