solteirão
Portuguese, noun/sow.te(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
solteirão is spelled S-O-L-T-E-I-R-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,634th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Solteirão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a man who remains single for too long” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does solteirão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoffensivea man who remains single for too long
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of solteirão
- solteirões plural
- solteirona feminine
- solteironas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce solteirão?
- Brazil /sow.te(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [soʊ̯.te(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /sol.tɐjˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to solteirão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is solteirão in Portuguese?
solteirão appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).