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pidão

Portuguese, adjective/piˈdɐ̃w̃/

pidão is spelled P-I-D-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 128,503rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pidão is a Portuguese adjective meaning “someone who asks for things constantly, persistently and/or inconveniently” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que pede muito”.

What does pidão mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Brazilinformalsomeone who asks for things constantly, persistently and/or inconveniently

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que pede muito

noun: 1. quem pede muito

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 pidão

  • pidona feminine
  • pidões masculine plural
  • pidonas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce pidão?

  • Brazil /piˈdɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [piˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

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

How common is pidão in Portuguese?

pidão appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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