legião
Portuguese, noun/le.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/
legião is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “legion (major unit or division of the Roman army)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “corpo militar do antigo Império Romano constituído, ao equivalente atual, a infantaria e cavalaria unidas…”.
What does legião mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelegion (major unit or division of the Roman army)
- 2
femininelegion (large military or semimilitary unit trained for combat)
- 3
femininelegion (large number of people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. corpo militar do antigo Império Romano constituído, ao equivalente atual, a infantaria e cavalaria unidas; era constituída de dez (10) coortes 2. qualquer corpo do exército 3. grande agrupamento de pessoas 4. coletivo de anjos
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 legião
- legiões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legião?
- Brazil /le.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [le.ʒiˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /leˈʒjɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to legião
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legião in Portuguese?
legião appears 7.4 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).