paredão
Portuguese, noun/pa.ɾeˈdɐ̃w̃/
paredão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rock face (vertical expanse of rock)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of parede. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parede grande”.
What does paredão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of parede
- 2
masculinerock face (vertical expanse of rock)
- 3
masculineslanga wall in front of which people are lined up to be punished, especially executed by firing squad
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parede grande 2. muralha 3. local, por vezes um muro, em que são fuziladas pessoas 4. em um rio, borda elevada, geralmente talhada a pique
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 paredão
- paredões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paredão?
- Brazil /pa.ɾeˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pa.ɾeˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pɐ.ɾɨˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paredão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paredão in Portuguese?
paredão appears 3.5 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).