povão
Portuguese, noun/poˈvɐ̃w̃/
povão is spelled P-O-V-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,925th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Povão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “populace (the common people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of povo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande quantidade de pessoas”.
What does povão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of povo
- 2
masculinepopulace (the common people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande quantidade de pessoas 2. a camada mais baixa da sociedade, que corresponde à sua maior parte
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 povão
- povões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce povão?
- Brazil /poˈvɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [poˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /puˈvɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to povão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is povão in Portuguese?
povão appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).