tendão
Portuguese, noun/tẽˈdɐ̃w̃/
tendão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tendon (tissue that connects a muscle with a bone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cordão fibroso, formado por tecido conjuntivo, graças ao qual os músculos se inserem nos ossos ou nos outros…”.
What does tendão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetendon (tissue that connects a muscle with a bone)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cordão fibroso, formado por tecido conjuntivo, graças ao qual os músculos se inserem nos ossos ou nos outros órgãos
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 tendão
- tendões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tendão?
- Brazil /tẽˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [tẽˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /tẽˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tendão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tendão in Portuguese?
tendão appears 1.1 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).