pendão
Portuguese, noun/pẽˈdɐ̃w̃/
pendão is spelled P-E-N-D-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 97,539th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pendão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tassel (male inflorescence of maize)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estandarte”.
What does pendão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetassel (male inflorescence of maize)
- 2
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estandarte 2. a bandeira do milho, parte superior da planta desde a espiga até a flor masculina cimeira 3. guia
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 pendão
- pendões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pendão?
- Brazil /pẽˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pẽˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pẽˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pendão in Portuguese?
pendão appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).