batelão
Portuguese, noun/ba.teˈlɐ̃w̃/
batelão is spelled B-A-T-E-L-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Batelão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “barge, lighter, hoy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande barca para transporte de objetos muito pesados”.
What does batelão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebarge, lighter, hoy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande barca para transporte de objetos muito pesados 2. canoa curta de grande boca e pontal
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 batelão
- batelões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce batelão?
- Brazil /ba.teˈlɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ba.teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /bɐ.tɨˈlɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is batelão in Portuguese?
batelão appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).