tampão
Portuguese, noun/tɐ̃ˈpɐ̃w̃/
tampão is spelled T-A-M-P-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tampão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tampon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rolo destinado a ser introduzido na vagina para reter e absorver o fluxo menstrual”.
What does tampão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetampon
- 2
masculineplug, stopper
- 3
masculinebuffer
- 4
masculinegas cap, petrol cap
- 5
masculinehubcap
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rolo destinado a ser introduzido na vagina para reter e absorver o fluxo menstrual
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 tampão
- tampões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tampão?
- Brazil /tɐ̃ˈpɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [tɐ̃ˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /tɐ̃ˈpɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tampão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tampão in Portuguese?
tampão appears 1.3 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).