batalhar
Portuguese, verb/ba.taˈʎa(ʁ)/
batalhar is spelled B-A-T-A-L-H-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Batalhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to battle, combat, war” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar batalha”.
What does batalhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to battle, combat, war
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dar batalha 2. combater 3. pelejar
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 batalhar
- batalho first-person present singular
- batalhei first-person preterite singular
- batalhado participle past
- batalhares infinitive second-person singular
- batalharmos first-person infinitive plural
- batalhardes infinitive plural second-person
- batalharem infinitive plural third-person
- batalhando gerund
- batalhados masculine participle past
- batalhada feminine participle past
- batalhadas feminine participle past
- batalhas indicative present second-person
- batalha indicative present singular
- batalhamos first-person indicative plural
- batalhais indicative plural present
- batalham indicative plural present
- batalhava first-person imperfect indicative
- batalhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce batalhar?
- Brazil /ba.taˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ba.taˈʎa(h)]
- /ba.taˈʎa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to batalhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is batalhar in Portuguese?
batalhar appears 1.2 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).