sacolão
Portuguese, noun/sa.kɔˈlɐ̃w̃/
sacolão is spelled S-A-C-O-L-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 87,166th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sacolão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “grocery store (fruit and vegetable market)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of sacola. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aumentativo de sacola”.
What does sacolão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of sacola
- 2
masculinegrocery store (fruit and vegetable market)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aumentativo de sacola 2. local onde se vendem frutas e verduras
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 sacolão
- sacolões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sacolão?
- Brazil /sa.kɔˈlɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [sa.kɔˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sacolão in Portuguese?
sacolão appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).