tigrão
Portuguese, noun/t͡ʃiˈɡɾɐ̃w̃/
tigrão is spelled T-I-G-R-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,523rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tigrão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hunk (physically attractive man who conquers lovers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of tigre: large tiger.
What does tigrão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of tigre: large tiger
- 2
Brazilcolloquialmasculinehunk (physically attractive man who conquers lovers)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of tigrão
- tigrões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tigrão?
- Brazil /t͡ʃiˈɡɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [t͡ʃiˈɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /tiˈɡɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tigrão in Portuguese?
tigrão appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).