alão
Portuguese, noun/aˈlɐ̃w̃/
alão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alaunt (a dog breed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande cão de fila”.
What does alão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealaunt (a dog breed)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande cão de fila
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 alão
- alãos plural
- alões plural
- alães plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alão?
- Brazil /aˈlɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [aˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐˈlɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alão in Portuguese?
alão appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).