milhão
Portuguese, noun/miˈʎɐ̃w̃/
milhão is spelled M-I-L-H-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Milhão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “million (10⁶)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande quantidade incontável”.
What does milhão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemillion (10⁶)
noun
- 1
masculinea type corn with a tall and large kernels
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
number: 1. mil milhares; (1000 x 1000 = 10⁶)
noun: 1. grande quantidade incontável:
noun: 1. capim-pé-de-galinha (Panicum sanguinale) 2. variedade de milho de grãos graúdos
noun: 1. milhafre
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 milhão
- milhões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce milhão?
- Brazil /miˈʎɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [miˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /miˈʎɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to milhão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is milhão in Portuguese?
milhão appears 50 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).