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rodilhão

Portuguese, noun/ʁo.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/

rodilhão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a large castor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of rodilho. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rodilha grande”.

What does rodilhão mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea large castor

  2. 2

    masculinewheel of a wheelbarrow

  3. 3

    masculinesmall wheelbarrow used to transport stones from the hill

  4. 4

    masculineatafona's constituent part

  5. 5

    masculine(strip of meat from a steer or veal that takes up part of the belly and the front of the animal's ribs)

  6. 6

    masculineintriguer; gossip

  7. 7

    informalmasculineconfusion

noun

  1. 1

    masculineaugmentative of rodilho

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. rodilha grande 2. nome de uma das peças da atafona 3. roda pequena das zorras e carros de mão 4. acervo de coisas misturadas, enrodilhadas e desordenadas

noun: 1. pequeno rodeiro que se emprega para facilitar a descida de pedras no monte

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 rodilhão

  • rodilhões plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce rodilhão?

  • Brazil /ʁo.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [ho.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • /ʁo.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.