respondão
Portuguese, noun/ʁes.põˈdɐ̃w̃/
respondão is spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-D-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese, the 215,563rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Respondão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a lippy or gobby person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does respondão mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquiallippy, gobby
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinea lippy or gobby person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of respondão
- respondona feminine
- respondões masculine plural
- respondonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce respondão?
- Brazil /ʁes.põˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [hes.põˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ʁeʃ.põˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is respondão in Portuguese?
respondão appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).