matulão
Portuguese, noun/ma.tuˈlɐ̃w̃/
matulão is spelled M-A-T-U-L-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 171,147th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matulão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “big boy, hulk (big person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “saco, bolsa de provisões”.
What does matulão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebig boy, hulk (big person)
- 2
masculinevagabond
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é vadio 2. que tem um corpo grande, e modos rudes
noun: 1. saco, bolsa de provisões
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 matulão
- matulões plural
- matulona feminine
- matulonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matulão?
- Brazil /ma.tuˈlɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ma.tuˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /mɐ.tuˈlɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to matulão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matulão in Portuguese?
matulão appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).