rojão
Portuguese, noun/ʁoˈʒɐ̃w̃/
rojão is spelled R-O-J-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,683rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rojão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hard or onerous work” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que rojo”.
What does rojão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehard or onerous work
- 2
Brazilmasculinea firework or the sound produced by shooting it
soltar um rojão
- 3
Brazilinformalmasculinea loud fart
- 4
masculinean agitated lifestyle
- 5
masculinea particular way of playing viola by dragging one's fingers
- 6
masculinegreaves
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que rojo 2. toque de viola, arrastado
noun: 1. vara com choupa, para picar os touros
noun: 1. o mesmo que torresmo 2. assadura de carne de porco frita 3. comida elaborada a partir da carne de porco moída, que depois de preparada é envolta numa madeira roliça e amarrada com barbante
noun: 1. foguete
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 rojão
- rojões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rojão?
- Brazil /ʁoˈʒɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [hoˈʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ʁoˈʒɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rojão in Portuguese?
rojão appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).