dramalhão
Portuguese, noun/dɾa.maˈʎɐ̃w̃/
dramalhão is spelled D-R-A-M-A-L-H-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 101,652nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dramalhão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tearjerker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “drama (em cinema, televisão, teatro, etc.) de pouco valor, de cenas exageradas e cansativas”.
What does dramalhão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetearjerker
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. drama (em cinema, televisão, teatro, etc.) de pouco valor, de cenas exageradas e cansativas
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 dramalhão
- dramalhões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dramalhão?
- Brazil /dɾa.maˈʎɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [dɾa.maˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɾɐ.mɐˈʎɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dramalhão in Portuguese?
dramalhão appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).