perdão
Portuguese, noun/pɛʁˈdɐ̃w̃/ [pɛɦˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
perdão is spelled P-E-R-D-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,261st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perdão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pardon; forgiveness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fim de uma exigência”.
What does perdão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepardon; forgiveness
interjection
- 1
excuse me (used to request someone’s attention)
- 2
sorry (used as an apology)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fim de uma exigência 2. indulgência 3. desculpa 4. libertação de culpa
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 perdão
- perdões plural
- perdaõ alternative obsolete
- perdam alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perdão?
- /pɛʁˈdɐ̃w̃/ [pɛɦˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /peʁˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [peɦˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perdão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perdão in Portuguese?
perdão appears 27 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).