tritão
Portuguese, noun/tɾiˈtɐ̃w̃/
tritão is spelled T-R-I-T-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tritão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “newt (small type of salamander)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum dado aos anfíbios pertencentes à subfamília Pleurodelinae (família Salamandridae)”.
What does tritão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenewt (small type of salamander)
- 2
masculinemerman
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome comum dado aos anfíbios pertencentes à subfamília Pleurodelinae (família Salamandridae) 2. caracol marinho da família Ranellidae, semelhante ao búzio
noun: 1. deus marinho, filho de Posídon e Anfitrite, geralmente representado com cabeça e tronco humanos e cauda de peixe 2. maior lua de Netuno
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 tritão
- tritões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tritão?
- Brazil /tɾiˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [tɾiˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /tɾiˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tritão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tritão in Portuguese?
tritão appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).