órfão
Portuguese, noun/ˈɔʁ.fɐ̃w̃/
órfão is spelled Ó-R-F-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,106th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Órfão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “orphan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que perdeu o pai e a mãe ou um deles”.
What does órfão mean in English?
adjective
- 1
orphan
noun
- 1
masculineorphan
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que perdeu o pai e a mãe ou um deles 2. abandonado
noun: 1. aquele que perdeu o pai e a mãe ou um deles
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 órfão
- órfã feminine
- órfãos masculine plural
- órfãs feminine plural
- orfo alternative dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce órfão?
- Brazil /ˈɔʁ.fɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ˈɔh.fɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ˈɔɾ.fɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to órfão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is órfão in Portuguese?
órfão appears 2.2 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).