bandalho
Portuguese, noun/bɐ̃ˈda.ʎu/
bandalho is spelled B-A-N-D-A-L-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese, the 197,229th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bandalho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “scamp, rascal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo desprezível, sem dignidade”.
What does bandalho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescamp, rascal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. indivíduo desprezível, sem dignidade 2. indivíduo malvestido; esfarrapado; maltrapilho 3. indecente
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 bandalho
- bandalhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bandalho?
- Brazil /bɐ̃ˈda.ʎu/
- Portugal /bɐ̃ˈda.ʎu/
- Portugal /bɐ̃.ˈda.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bandalho in Portuguese?
bandalho appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).