timão
Portuguese, noun/t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃w̃/
timão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shaft (for hitching, coupling, yoking, harnessing), plough-beam, draft-pole, tongue (of a cart)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of time. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte do carro ou arado de tiro animal, haste forte onde se segura o jugo, cabeçalha”.
What does timão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshaft (for hitching, coupling, yoking, harnessing), plough-beam, draft-pole, tongue (of a cart)
- 2
masculinehelm; ship's wheel
- 3
masculinerudder
- 4
masculinehelm
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineaugmentative of time
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte do carro ou arado de tiro animal, haste forte onde se segura o jugo, cabeçalha 2. barra do leme das embarcações, por onde se pega e guia.
noun: 1. Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
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 timão
- timões plural
- temão alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce timão?
- Brazil /t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /tiˈmɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to timão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is timão in Portuguese?
timão appears 3.2 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).