portão
Portuguese, noun/poʁˈtɐ̃w̃/
portão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “gate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “porta grande”.
What does portão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. porta grande 2. porta da rua
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul
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 portão
- portões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce portão?
- Brazil /poʁˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pohˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /poɾˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to portão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is portão in Portuguese?
portão appears 15 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).