sermão
Portuguese, noun/seʁˈmɐ̃w̃/
sermão is spelled S-E-R-M-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,840th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sermão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sermon (religious discourse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “discurso ou oração que o sacerdote faz ante os fiéis para ensinar a doutrina cristã”.
What does sermão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesermon (religious discourse)
- 2
masculinesermon (a lengthy speech of reproval)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. discurso ou oração que o sacerdote faz ante os fiéis para ensinar a doutrina cristã 2. repreensão
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 sermão
- sermões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sermão?
- Brazil /seʁˈmɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [seɦˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /seɾˈmɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sermão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sermão in Portuguese?
sermão appears 4.7 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).