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peixão

Portuguese, noun/pe(j)ˈʃɐ̃w̃/

peixão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “voluptuous woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of peixe. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mulher formosa, atraente fisicamente”.

What does peixão mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineaugmentative of peixe

  2. 2

    informalmasculinevoluptuous woman

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. mulher formosa, atraente fisicamente

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 peixão

  • peixões plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce peixão?

  • Brazil /pe(j)ˈʃɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [pe(ɪ̯)ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Portugal /pɐjˈʃɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is peixão in Portuguese?

peixão appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).