tartaranhão
Portuguese, noun/taʁ.ta.ɾɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃w̃/
tartaranhão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “harrier (any of several birds of prey in the genus Circus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tartaranhão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineharrier (any of several birds of prey in the genus Circus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of tartaranhão
- tartaranhões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tartaranhão?
- Brazil /taʁ.ta.ɾɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [tah.ta.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /taɾ.ta.ɾɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tartaranhão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tartaranhão in Portuguese?
tartaranhão appears about once in every 69 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).