ponteirão
Portuguese, noun/põ.te(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
ponteirão is spelled P-O-N-T-E-I-R-Ã-O (9 letters). Ponteirão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “minute hand, big hand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of ponteiro.
What does ponteirão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of ponteiro
- 2
informalmasculineminute hand, big hand
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of ponteirão
- ponteirões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ponteirão?
- Brazil /põ.te(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [põ.te(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /põ.tɐjˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.