papão
Portuguese, noun/paˈpɐ̃w̃/
papão is spelled P-A-P-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “clipping of bicho-papão” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does papão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclipping of bicho-papão
- 2
informalmasculineglutton
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que papa muito
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 papão
- papões plural
- papona feminine
- paponas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papão?
- Brazil /paˈpɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [paˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pɐˈpɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is papão in Portuguese?
papão appears 1.7 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).