perdigão
Portuguese, noun/peʁ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃w̃/
perdigão is spelled P-E-R-D-I-G-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,104th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perdigão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “partridge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “macho da perdiz”.
What does perdigão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepartridge
- 2
masculinea reddish or black horse with white spots
- 3
masculinered-winged tinamou
- 4
masculineocellated crake
- 5
Brazilmasculineslanganarchist partisan
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais
noun: 1. macho da perdiz
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 perdigão
- perdigões plural
- perdiz feminine
- perdizes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perdigão?
- Brazil /peʁ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [peɦ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /peɾ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is perdigão in Portuguese?
perdigão appears 1.1 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).