narigão
Portuguese, noun/na.ɾiˈɡɐ̃w̃/
narigão is spelled N-A-R-I-G-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 97,539th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Narigão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “augmentative of nariz” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nariz muito grande e saliente”.
What does narigão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of nariz
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aquele que tem um grande e saliente nariz
noun: 1. nariz muito grande e saliente
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 narigão
- narigões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce narigão?
- Brazil /na.ɾiˈɡɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [na.ɾiˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /nɐ.ɾiˈɡɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is narigão in Portuguese?
narigão 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).