pelotão
Portuguese, noun/pe.loˈtɐ̃w̃/
pelotão is spelled P-E-L-O-T-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,197th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelotão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “platoon, squad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “unidade militar, tipicamente composta por entre 20 e 50 soldados”.
What does pelotão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplatoon, squad
- 2
masculinepeloton
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unidade militar, tipicamente composta por entre 20 e 50 soldados 2. agrupamento de carros 3. agrupamento de competidores
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 pelotão
- pelotões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pelotão?
- Brazil /pe.loˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pe.loˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pɨ.luˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pelotão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pelotão in Portuguese?
pelotão appears 5.0 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).