rapagão
Portuguese, noun/ʁa.paˈɡɐ̃w̃/
rapagão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lad (big boy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of rapaz. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rapaz grande”.
What does rapagão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelad (big boy)
- 2
masculineaugmentative of rapaz
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rapaz grande
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 rapagão
- rapagões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rapagão?
- Brazil /ʁa.paˈɡɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ha.paˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ʁa.paˈɡɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rapagão in Portuguese?
rapagão appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).