tourão
Portuguese, noun/to(w)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
tourão is spelled T-O-U-R-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese, the 167,801st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tourão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “polecat (Mustela putorius, a mustelid of Eurasia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of touro. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mustelídeo da espécie Mustela putorius, espécie de furão bravo”.
What does tourão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of touro
- 2
masculinepolecat (Mustela putorius, a mustelid of Eurasia)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mustelídeo da espécie Mustela putorius, espécie de furão bravo 2. menino ou menina rebelde 3. lama geada muito dura 4. gato-bravo
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 tourão
- tourões plural
- toirão alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tourão?
- Brazil /to(w)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [to(ʊ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /to(w)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tourão in Portuguese?
tourão appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).