pimentão
Portuguese, noun/pi.mẽˈtɐ̃w̃/
pimentão is spelled P-I-M-E-N-T-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,685th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pimentão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sweet pepper, bell pepper (fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vegetal de sabor marcante do gênero Capsicum”.
What does pimentão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesweet pepper, bell pepper (fruit)
- 2
masculinesweet pepper, bell pepper (plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vegetal de sabor marcante do gênero Capsicum
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 pimentão
- pimentões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pimentão?
- Brazil /pi.mẽˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pi.mẽˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pi.mẽˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pimentão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pimentão in Portuguese?
pimentão 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).