mutirão
Portuguese, noun/mu.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃w̃/
mutirão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “collective and voluntary mobilization to make some effort; task force” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “auxílio mútuo em trabalho ou obra, quando os beneficiários são todos os que os executam ou parte deles”.
What does mutirão mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinecollective and voluntary mobilization to make some effort; task force
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. auxílio mútuo em trabalho ou obra, quando os beneficiários são todos os que os executam ou parte deles 2. ave brasileira da família das Ardiedas
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 mutirão
- mutirões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mutirão?
- Brazil /mu.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [mu.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /mu.tiˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mutirão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mutirão in Portuguese?
mutirão appears 3.7 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).