papelão
Portuguese, noun/pa.pɛˈlɐ̃w̃/
papelão is spelled P-A-P-E-L-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,653rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papelão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cardboard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “papel grosso (de espessura geralmente igual ou maior a 0,5 milímetros)”.
What does papelão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecardboard
- 2
masculinepaper bank (a container where paper and cardboards are placed for recycling)
- 3
masculinegaffe, blunder (embarrassing mistake)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. papel grosso (de espessura geralmente igual ou maior a 0,5 milímetros) 2. paspalhão 3. conduta vergonhosa 4. recipiente de coleta de papéis para reciclagem
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 papelão
- papelões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papelão?
- Brazil /pa.pɛˈlɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pa.pɛˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pɐ.pɨˈlɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to papelão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papelão in Portuguese?
papelão appears 2.5 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).