pulmão
Portuguese, noun/puwˈmɐ̃w̃/
pulmão is spelled P-U-L-M-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pulmão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lung” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cada um de dois órgãos (direito e esquerdo) em que se efetua a hematose, e que ocupam, respectivamente…”.
What does pulmão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelung
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cada um de dois órgãos (direito e esquerdo) em que se efetua a hematose, e que ocupam, respectivamente, cavidade lateral direita e esquerda do tórax 2. cada um de dois órgãos respiratórios, nos vertebrados que têm respiração aérea
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 pulmão
- pulmões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pulmão?
- Brazil /puwˈmɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [puʊ̯ˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pulˈmɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pulmão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pulmão in Portuguese?
pulmão appears 6.9 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).