balaço
Portuguese, noun/baˈla.su/
balaço is spelled B-A-L-A-Ç-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 89,875th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balaço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a shot with a bullet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of bala; a big bullet. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bala grande”.
What does balaço mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of bala; a big bullet
- 2
masculinea shot with a bullet
- 3
masculinea precise and strong kick in association football and similar sports
- 4
masculinebludger, a fictional ball in Quidditch, a wizarding sport in the Harry Potter universe
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bala grande 2. tiro de bala
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 balaço
- balaços plural
- balázio alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balaço?
- Brazil /baˈla.su/
- Portugal /bɐˈla.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is balaço in Portuguese?
balaço appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).