vagão
Portuguese, noun/vaˈɡɐ̃w̃/
vagão is spelled V-A-G-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,941st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vagão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “wagon (freight car on a railway)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “carro de trem”.
What does vagão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewagon (freight car on a railway)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. carro de trem
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 vagão
- vagões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vagão?
- Brazil /vaˈɡɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [vaˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /vaˈɡɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vagão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vagão in Portuguese?
vagão appears 2.4 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).