olhão
Portuguese, noun/oˈʎɐ̃w̃/
olhão is spelled O-L-H-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Olhão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “augmentative of olho” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “município e freguesia portugueses do distrito de Faro”.
What does olhão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of olho
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município e freguesia portugueses do distrito de Faro
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 olhão
- olhões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce olhão?
- Brazil /oˈʎɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [oˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɔˈʎɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is olhão in Portuguese?
olhão appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).