salpicão
Portuguese, noun/saw.piˈkɐ̃w̃/
salpicão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pork sausage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chouriço grosso feito de presunto e às vezes com vinho e alho”.
What does salpicão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepork sausage
- 2
Brazilmasculinea kind of salad
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chouriço grosso feito de presunto e às vezes com vinho e alho 2. o mesmo que salsichão
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 salpicão
- salpicões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salpicão?
- Brazil /saw.piˈkɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [saʊ̯.piˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /sal.piˈkɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is salpicão in Portuguese?
salpicão appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).