vacilão
Portuguese, noun/va.siˈlɐ̃w̃/
vacilão is spelled V-A-C-I-L-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vacilão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a simpleton (a person who lacks common sense)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa vacilona”.
What does vacilão mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialderogatorymasculinea simpleton (a person who lacks common sense)
- 2
Brazilcolloquialderogatorymasculinea screwup (a person who often makes substantial mistakes)
- 3
Brazilcolloquialderogatorymasculinea snitch (a person who informs and betrays his group)
- 4
Brazilcolloquialderogatorymasculinean imprudent person
adjective
- 1
Brazilcolloquialderogatoryfoolish, lacking in common sense
- 2
Brazilcolloquialderogatoryunreliable
- 3
Brazilcolloquialderogatoryimprudent
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que vacila
noun: 1. pessoa vacilona
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 vacilão
- vacilões plural
- vacilona feminine
- vacilonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vacilão?
- Brazil /va.siˈlɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [va.siˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /vɐ.siˈlɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vacilão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vacilão in Portuguese?
vacilão appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).