batalhão
Portuguese, noun/ba.taˈʎɐ̃w̃/
batalhão is spelled B-A-T-A-L-H-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,176th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Batalhão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “battalion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “unidade de forças terrestres compostas de um quartel general e duas ou mais companhias”.
What does batalhão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebattalion
- 2
informalmasculineswarm, crowd
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unidade de forças terrestres compostas de um quartel general e duas ou mais companhias 2. grande quantidade de pessoas
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 batalhão
- batalhões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce batalhão?
- Brazil /ba.taˈʎɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ba.taˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /bɐ.tɐˈʎɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to batalhão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is batalhão in Portuguese?
batalhão appears 15 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).