sabichão
Portuguese, noun/sa.biˈʃɐ̃w̃/
sabichão is spelled S-A-B-I-C-H-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 84,550th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sabichão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “know-it-all (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que alardeia sabedoria”.
What does sabichão mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatoryknow-it-all (who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineknow-it-all (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que alardeia sabedoria
noun: 1. aquele que alardeia sabedoria
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 sabichão
- sabichona feminine
- sabichã feminine rare
- sabichões masculine plural
- sabichonas feminine plural
- sabichãs feminine plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sabichão?
- Brazil /sa.biˈʃɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [sa.biˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /sɐ.biˈʃɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sabichão in Portuguese?
sabichão appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).