salmão
Portuguese, noun/sawˈmɐ̃w̃/
salmão is spelled S-A-L-M-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,528th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salmão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “salmon (fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “designação comum aos peixes dos gêneros Salmo e Oncorhynchus da família dos salmonídeos, de carne…”.
What does salmão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesalmon (fish)
- 2
masculinesalmon (a pale pinkish-orange colour)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. da cor salmão
noun: 1. designação comum aos peixes dos gêneros Salmo e Oncorhynchus da família dos salmonídeos, de carne apreciadíssima 2. espécie de rosa tirante ao alaranjado como a cor da carne do salmão
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 salmão
- salmões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salmão?
- Brazil /sawˈmɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [saʊ̯ˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /salˈmɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salmão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salmão in Portuguese?
salmão appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).