orelhão
Portuguese, noun/o.ɾeˈʎɐ̃w̃/
orelhão is spelled O-R-E-L-H-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,362nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orelhão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “payphone (public telephone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of orelha; big ear. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “protetor para telefones públicos da Companhia Telefônica Brasileira”.
What does orelhão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of orelha; big ear
- 2
Brazilmasculinepayphone (public telephone)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. protetor para telefones públicos da Companhia Telefônica Brasileira 2. aparelho de telefone público situado sob o supracitado protetor 3. peixe-lua (Mola mola)
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 orelhão
- orelhões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orelhão?
- Brazil /o.ɾeˈʎɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [o.ɾeˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɔ.ɾɨˈʎɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orelhão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orelhão in Portuguese?
orelhão appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).