parmesão
Portuguese, noun/paʁ.meˈzɐ̃w̃/
parmesão is spelled P-A-R-M-E-S-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parmesão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Parmesan (native or inhabitant of Parma)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa nascida em Parma, Itália”.
What does parmesão mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Parmesan (of, from or relating to Parma)
noun
- 1
masculineParmesan (native or inhabitant of Parma)
noun
- 1
masculineparmesan (hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. natural de Parma, Itália
noun: 1. pessoa nascida em Parma, Itália 2. queijo com origem em Parma, Itália
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 parmesão
- parmesã feminine
- parmesãos masculine plural
- parmesãs feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parmesão?
- Brazil /paʁ.meˈzɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [paɦ.meˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /paɾ.meˈzɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parmesão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parmesão in Portuguese?
parmesão appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).