batel
Portuguese, noun/baˈtɛw/
batel is spelled B-A-T-E-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Batel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “(small) boat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena embarcação”.
What does batel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculine(small) boat
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequena embarcação
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 batel
- batéis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce batel?
- Brazil /baˈtɛw/
- Brazil [baˈtɛʊ̯]
- Portugal /bɐˈtɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is batel in Portuguese?
batel appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).