quentão
Portuguese, noun/kẽˈtɐ̃w̃/
quentão is spelled Q-U-E-N-T-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quentão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mulled wine (wine with spices served hot)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of quente. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bebida preparada com vinho ou aguardente acrescido de gengibre, suco e/ou pedaços de frutas, adocicada e…”.
What does quentão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemulled wine (wine with spices served hot)
adjective
- 1
augmentative of quente
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bebida preparada com vinho ou aguardente acrescido de gengibre, suco e/ou pedaços de frutas, adocicada e servida quente em festas, como um ponche, com origem no interior de São Paulo e Minas Gerais, bebida sobretudo em noites frias e como parte da culinária das festas juninas 2. toda bebida alcoólica servida quente
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 quentão
- quentões plural
- quentona feminine
- quentonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quentão?
- Brazil /kẽˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kẽˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kẽˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quentão in Portuguese?
quentão appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).