pitão
Portuguese, noun/piˈtɐ̃w̃/
pitão is spelled P-I-T-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 107,947th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pitão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “python (any of the large constricting snakes of the genus Python)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “serpente não venenosa da Ásia e da África”.
What does pitão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepython (any of the large constricting snakes of the genus Python)
noun
- 1
masculinepiton (spike, wedge, or peg driven into a rock or ice surface as a support)
- 2
masculinestud (small metal or plastic object protruding from the sole of e.g. a football boot which provides extra grip)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. serpente não venenosa da Ásia e da África 2. mago 3. nigromante 4. travessa de chuteira
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 pitão
- pitões plural
- píton alternative
- pythão alternative obsolete
- pitom alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pitão?
- Brazil /piˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [piˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /piˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pitão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pitão in Portuguese?
pitão appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).