pimpão
Portuguese, noun/pĩˈpɐ̃w̃/
pimpão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “someone who dresses in a flashy manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fanfarrão”.
What does pimpão mean in English?
adjective
- 1
who dresses in a flashy manner
noun
- 1
masculinesomeone who dresses in a flashy manner
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fanfarrão 2. pessoa vaidosa
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 pimpão
- pimpona feminine
- pimpões masculine plural
- pimponas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pimpão?
- Brazil /pĩˈpɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pĩˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pĩˈpɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pimpão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pimpão in Portuguese?
pimpão appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).