calhamaço
Portuguese, noun/ka.ʎaˈma.su/
calhamaço is spelled C-A-L-H-A-M-A-Ç-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 133,944th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calhamaço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tome (large book)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “livro grande”.
What does calhamaço mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinetome (large book)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. livro grande
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 calhamaço
- calhamaços plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calhamaço?
- Brazil /ka.ʎaˈma.su/
- Portugal /kɐ.ʎɐˈma.su/
- Portugal /kɐ.ʎɐ.ˈma.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calhamaço
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calhamaço in Portuguese?
calhamaço appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).