abelhão
Portuguese, noun/a.beˈʎɐ̃w̃/
abelhão is spelled A-B-E-L-H-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese, the 172,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abelhão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bumblebee (any of the large bees in the genus Bombus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abelha grande do gênero Bombus”.
What does abelhão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebumblebee (any of the large bees in the genus Bombus)
- 2
masculinedrone (male bee)
- 3
masculineany large bee
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. abelha grande do gênero Bombus 2. abelha macho, zangão
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 abelhão
- abelhões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abelhão?
- Brazil /a.beˈʎɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.beˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐ.bɨˈʎɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abelhão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abelhão in Portuguese?
abelhão appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).