peão
Portuguese, noun/piˈɐ̃w̃/
peão is spelled P-E-Ã-O (4 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,278th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “low level construction worker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “empregado sem subordinados que atua em diversas atividades, como agropecuária e construção civil”.
What does peão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelow level construction worker
- 2
masculinerural peon, such as a cowboy
- 3
masculinepedestrian
- 4
masculinepawn
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. empregado sem subordinados que atua em diversas atividades, como agropecuária e construção civil 2. nos rodeios, aquele que monta no touro
noun: 1. nas ruas e estradas, aquele que circula a pé
noun: 1. uma das peças do xadrez
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 peão
- peões plural
- peã feminine
- peoa feminine
- peona feminine
- peãs feminine plural
- peoas feminine plural
- peonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peão?
- Brazil /piˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [piˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ˈpjɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peão in Portuguese?
peão appears 3.6 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).