mandrião
Portuguese, noun/mɐ̃.dɾiˈɐ̃w̃/
mandrião is spelled M-A-N-D-R-I-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 96,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mandrião is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a lazy person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o indivíduo preguiçoso”.
What does mandrião mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquiallazy
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinea lazy person
noun
- 1
masculineskua (predatory seabird of the family Stercorariidae)
- 2
masculinegown; (strictly) christening gown
- 3
masculineobsoletedrone
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se da pessoa que não faz nada, que se esquiva de trabalhar ou de estudar 2. pessoa que não gosta de estudar
noun: 1. o indivíduo preguiçoso
noun: 1. nome comum da família de aves marinhas do género/gênero Stercorarius, caradriiformes, predatórias e migratórias de longo curso, que nidificam em zonas temperadas e frias, incluindo a costa portuguesa 2. roupão curto e amplo, usado no ambiente doméstico por mulheres e crianças
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 mandrião
- mandriona feminine
- mandriões masculine plural
- mandrionas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mandrião?
- Brazil /mɐ̃.dɾiˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [mɐ̃.dɾiˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /mɐ̃ˈdɾjɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mandrião
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mandrião in Portuguese?
mandrião appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).