pobretão
Portuguese, noun/po.bɾeˈtɐ̃w̃/
pobretão is spelled P-O-B-R-E-T-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 92,647th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pobretão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a very poor person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “homem que se entrega á mendicidade sem necessidade”.
What does pobretão mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilderogatorymasculineslanga very poor person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. homem que se entrega á mendicidade sem necessidade 2. pobre
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 pobretão
- pobretões plural
- pobretona feminine
- pobretonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pobretão?
- Brazil /po.bɾeˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [po.bɾeˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pu.bɾɨˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pobretão in Portuguese?
pobretão appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).