salsichão
Portuguese, noun/saw.siˈʃɐ̃w̃/
salsichão is spelled S-A-L-S-I-C-H-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salsichão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “augmentative of salsicha (“big sausage”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aumentativo de salsicha”.
What does salsichão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of salsicha (“big sausage”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aumentativo de salsicha 2. salsicha grande 3. salpicão
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 salsichão
- salsichões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salsichão?
- Brazil /saw.siˈʃɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [saʊ̯.siˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /sal.siˈʃɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to salsichão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is salsichão in Portuguese?
salsichão appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).