pirão
Portuguese, noun/piˈɾɐ̃w̃/
pirão is spelled P-I-R-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pirão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a pap made with cassava flour popular in Brazil and Angola” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “papa grossa, à base de farinha de mandioca escaldada”.
What does pirão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea pap made with cassava flour popular in Brazil and Angola
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. papa grossa, à base de farinha de mandioca escaldada 2. caldo de peixe com óleo de palma e farinha de mandioca 3. farinha de mandioca 4. mulher bonita
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 pirão
- pirões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pirão?
- Brazil /piˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [piˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /piˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pirão in Portuguese?
pirão 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).