plastrão
Portuguese, noun/plasˈtɾɐ̃w̃/
plastrão is spelled P-L-A-S-T-R-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written Portuguese, the 248,872nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plastrão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “plastron (ventral part of a turtle's shell)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does plastrão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplastron (ventral part of a turtle's shell)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of plastrão
- plastrões plural
- plastrom alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plastrão?
- Brazil /plasˈtɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [plasˈtɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /plaʃˈtɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plastrão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plastrão in Portuguese?
plastrão appears about once in every 83 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).