mergulhão
Portuguese, noun/meʁ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/
mergulhão is spelled M-E-R-G-U-L-H-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 78,593rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mergulhão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “grebe (diving bird of the family Podicipedidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of mergulho. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “Nome comum dado a diversas espécies de ave aquática da família Podicipedidae, adaptadas ao mergulho para…”.
What does mergulhão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of mergulho
- 2
masculinegrebe (diving bird of the family Podicipedidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nome comum dado a diversas espécies de ave aquática da família Podicipedidae, adaptadas ao mergulho para captura de presas, como peixes e invertebrados; possuem corpo alongado, pernas curtas e pés com lóbulos natatórios, sendo encontradas em lagos, lagoas e rios
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 mergulhão
- mergulhões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mergulhão?
- Brazil /meʁ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [meɦ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mergulhão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mergulhão in Portuguese?
mergulhão appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).