escalão
Portuguese, noun/is.kaˈlɐ̃w̃/
escalão is spelled E-S-C-A-L-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,972nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escalão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “echelon (a level or rank in an organisation, profession, or society)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nível hierárquico”.
What does escalão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineechelon (a level or rank in an organisation, profession, or society)
- 2
masculinebracket (an interval between two values, as in a tax bracket)
- 3
masculinestep (of a staircase) or rung (of a ladder)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nível hierárquico
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 escalão
- escalões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escalão?
- Brazil /is.kaˈlɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.kaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /es.kaˈlɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escalão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escalão in Portuguese?
escalão appears 6.6 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).