tubarão
Portuguese, noun/tu.baˈɾɐ̃w̃/
tubarão is spelled T-U-B-A-R-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,745th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tubarão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shark (fish of the superorder Selachimorpha)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe selácio de grande porte e muito voraz”.
What does tubarão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshark (fish of the superorder Selachimorpha)
Near-synonym: cação
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixe selácio de grande porte e muito voraz 2. pessoa com grandes vencimentos e muitos cargos
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Santa Catarina
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 tubarão
- tubarões plural
- tubaroa feminine nonstandard
- tubaroas feminine nonstandard plural
- tubaram alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tubarão?
- Brazil /tu.baˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [tu.baˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /tu.bɐˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tubarão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tubarão in Portuguese?
tubarão appears 9.3 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).