rufião
Portuguese, noun/ʁu.fiˈɐ̃w̃/
rufião is spelled R-U-F-I-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rufião is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pimp (person who lives off prostitutes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a pessoa que se mete em brigas por causa de mulheres de má reputação”.
What does rufião mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepimp (person who lives off prostitutes)
- 2
masculinebrawler, troublemaker (a disorderly individual or one who frequently gets into fights)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a pessoa que se mete em brigas por causa de mulheres de má reputação 2. a pessoa que vive à custas de prostitutas 3. alcoviteiro 4. explorador da atividade da prostituição
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 rufião
- rufiães plural
- rufiões plural
- rufiona feminine
- rufionas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rufião?
- Brazil /ʁu.fiˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [hu.fiˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ʁuˈfjɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rufião
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rufião in Portuguese?
rufião appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).