sabidão
Portuguese, noun/sa.biˈdɐ̃w̃/
sabidão is spelled S-A-B-I-D-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 129,832nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sabidão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “know-it-all (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of sabido.
What does sabidão mean in English?
adjective
- 1
augmentative of sabido
- 2
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).
Forms of sabidão
- sabidona feminine
- sabidões masculine plural
- sabidonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sabidão?
- Brazil /sa.biˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [sa.biˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /sɐ.biˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sabidão in Portuguese?
sabidão appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).